Decandrinin, an unprecedented C₉-spiro-fused 7,8-seco-ent-abietane from the Godavari mangrove Ceriops decandra

• Hui Wang,
• Min-Yi Li,
• Félix Zongwe Katele,
• Tirumani Satyanandamurty,
• Jun Wu and
• Gerhard Bringmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 276–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.23

• , University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany Government Degree College at Amadala valasa, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh 532185, India 10.3762/bjoc.10.23 Abstract Decandrinin (1), an unprecedented C9-spiro-fused 7,8-seco-ent-abietane, was obtained from the bark of an Indian mangrove

• combination with quantum-chemical calculations. Decandrinin is the first 7,8-seco-ent-abietane. Keywords: abietane; absolute configuration; Ceriops decandra; circular dichroism; decandrinin; Rhizophoraceae; Introduction Ceriops decandra is a mangrove of the family Rhizophoraceae. It is widely distributed

• isolation and structural elucidation of an unprecedented C9-spiro-fused 7,8-seco-ent-abietane, named decandrinin (1) (Figure 1), from the bark of an Indian mangrove, C. decandra, collected in the estuary of Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. The absolute stereostructure of 1 was established by HRMS (ESI), extensive