“…The NMR spectra of 4 were very similar to those of 3, but the 1 H NMR data revealed significant differences in the chemical shifts of the protons at positions 5-9 and 13 (Table 1), while in the 13 C NMR spectra such differences occurred at positions 7-9, 12, and 13 (Table 3). Together with this information, an extra signal at δ 51.8 in the 13 C NMR spectrum and a 3H singlet at δ 3.74 in the 1 H NMR spectrum of 4 have led us to propose the methyl ester moiety at C12, which is shown in Figure 1. Confirmation of this was achieved with the aid of HMBC data, which showed the correlations between C12 and H16, as well as C5, C6, and C7 with the hydrogen atom of the C6-hydroxyl group ( Table 2).…”