Abstract
Three new phenyl-ethanediols, (1R)-(3-ethenylphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (1), (1R)-(3-formylphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (2), and (1R)-(3-acetophenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (3), were isolated from the fruiting bodies of the mushroom Fomes fomentarius, together with two related known compounds, (3-ethylphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (4) and (4-acetophenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (5). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including extensive 2D NMR techniques. Compounds 1–3 showed weak antimicrobial activity.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2009CB522300) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30830113, U1132607).