Abstract
Two new sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids, Chinese bittersweet alkaloid A (1) and Chinese bittersweet alkaloid B (2), together with five known compounds 3β- hydroxyolean-9(11),12-diene, β-sitosterol, 1β,2β,6α,15β-tetraacetoxy-8β,9α- dibenzoyloxy-β-dihydroagarofuran, angulatin A and angulatin J, were isolated from the root barks of Celastrus angulatus. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated as 1β,6α,8β,9β-tetraacetoxy-2β,4α-dihydroxy-15β-isobutanoyloxy-(3,12)-evoninoyloxy-β-dihydroagarofuran and 1β,2β,6α,8β,9β-pentaacetoxy-4α-hydroxy-15β- isobutanoyloxy- (3,12)- evoninoyloxy-β-dihydroagarofuran mainly by NMR spectroscopic means.
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Mr. W. G. Zhu, G. S. Zhao, Y. X. Xie, and Ms S. M. Wang for the NMR, IR and MS measurements. This work was financially supported by grants from National Science and Technology Major Project of China (2018ZX09711001-008-004).
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