The tricyclic sesquiterpene (1R,3R,4S,5S,7S,8S,9S,10R,11R)-7,8-diangeloyloxylongipinan-1,9-diol,
or rasteviol
(7), underwent multiple Wagner–Meerwein molecular
rearrangements and several hydride shifts when treated with Et2O–BF3 to generate the six new compounds
(1R,3R,4S,5R,7S,8S,9S,10R,11S)-7,8-diangeloyloxy-1,9-epoxyjiquilpane
(8), (1R,3R,4S,5R,7R,8S,9S,11S)-8-angeloyloxy-1,7-epoxyzamor-10(14)-ene
(11), (2S,3R,4R,5R,6R,7R,8S,9S,10S)-7,8-diangeloyloxy-6,9-epoxyjanitziane (14), (4R,5R,7S,8S,9S,10S,11S)-7,8-diangeloyloxy-9-hydroxyjiquilp-3(15)-ene (16),
(2S,3S,5R,7S,8R,10S,11R)-7,8-diangeloyloxyiratzian-9-one (18), and
(2S,3S,5R,10S,11R)-8-angeloyloxyiratzi-7-en-9-one (22), of which 8, 11, 14, and 18 possess new hydrocarbon skeletons. Their structures
were determined by 1D and 2D NMR in combination with single-crystal
X-ray diffraction analyses of derivatives 10, 15, 20, and 21, which allowed confirmation
of their absolute configurations by means of the Flack and Hooft parameters.
In addition, some reaction mechanism information was gained from deuterium
labeling experiments.