文摘
A series of carotenoid-α-tocopherol cycloaddition products, named pittosporumxanthins B1 (3), B2 (4), C1 (5), C2 (6), A3 (7), and A4 (8), were isolated from the seeds of Pittosporum tobira. The structures were determined to be cycloaddition products of 9′Z-antheraxanthin at the 11′ and 12′ positions with α-tocopherol (3 and 4), 9′Z-neoaxanthin with α-tocopherol (5 and 6), and 9Z-violaxanthin with α-tocopherol (7 and 8) on the basis of a detailed analyses of MS and NMR spectroscopic data. The configurations of the carotenoid end groups in the pittosporumxanthins were determined by a modified Mosher’s method. Compounds 3, 5, and 7 were assigned (11′R,12′S) and 4, 6, and 8 (11′S,12′R) absolute configurations using CD measurements.