文摘
An unprecedented macrocyclic dimeric diterpene containing a C2 symmetry axis was isolated from Acacia schaffneri. This compound, named schaffnerine, was characterized as (5S,7S,8R,9R,10S,17S,5鈥?i>S,7鈥?i>S,8鈥?i>R,9鈥?i>R,10鈥?i>S,17鈥?i>S)-7,8:7,17鈥?16,17:17,7鈥?7鈥?8鈥?16鈥?17鈥?hexaepoxy-7,8-seco-7鈥?8鈥?seco-dicassa-13,13鈥?diene (1) from its spectroscopic data. Comparison of its experimental vibrational circular dichroism spectrum with that calculated using density functional theory, at the B3LYP/DGDZVP level, assigned its preferred conformation and absolute configuration. The latter was confirmed by evaluation of the Flack and Hooft parameters obtained after single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.