“…The 13 C and HSQC NMR spectra ( Figure 2 ) of 4 revealed 16 carbon resonances, comprising four methyls (δ C 22.5, 22.4, 20.4, and 24.9), four methylenes (δ C 17.6, 32.8, 47.1, and 56.9), two methines (δ C 24.1 and one oxygenated at δ C 68.6), four sp 2 quaternary carbons (δ C 147.6, 126.4, 121.6, and 154.8), an oxygenated quaternary carbon (δ C 70.4), and a conjugated ketone (δ C 190.4). The aforementioned information, along with the reported (6S,7S)-6,7-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethyl-2-isovaleroyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzofuran, suggested that 4 was closely related to tetrahydrobenzofuran-type [ 17 ]. Then, one nitrogen atom in the molecular formula was identified as an amide (at δ C 170.1) among the carbonyl group, as supported by the HMBC correlation from H-15 to δ C 126.4 (C-3), 147.6 (C-2), and 121.6 (C-9).…”