Revision of the Structure of Hypatulone A by NMR, Computations, and Biosynthetic Considerations

Xing Wei Yang, Robert B. Grossman

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Abstract

Recently, a paper in this journal reported the isolation and structure determination of hypatulone A. Several features of the proposed structure and biosynthesis induced us to reexamine the compound's NMR spectra. Now we propose a revised structure, confirm it with quantum computations, and suggest a reasonable radical-mediated biosynthetic pathway to the revised structure. Our work illustrates how both biosynthetic considerations and quantum computations can complement spectroscopic structure determination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)760-763
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 17 2020

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Funding

The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800296) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2016350).*%blankline%* The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800296) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2016350).

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)31800296
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences2016350

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry

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