“…Compound 2 was obtained as yellow oil, and its molecular formula C 18 H 24 O 7 was deduced from a pseudomolecular ion peak at m/z 375.1421 [M+Na] + in the positive HR‐ESI‐MS, indicating 14 mass units more than compound 7 . Comparison of the NMR spectroscopic data of 2 with those of 7 suggested that they were quite similar to each other, except for the replacement of the isovaleroxy group (OIv) in 7 by a ( R )‐3‐methylvaleroxy group [19] (OMv) [ δ C 173.1 (s, C‐1′), 41.6 (t, C‐2′), 32.7 (d, C‐3′), 29.7 (t, C‐4′), 11.6 (q, C‐5′) and 19.5 (q, C‐6′)] [15] in 2 . A series of HMBCs ( Figure 2) from H 2 ‐2′ [ δ H 2.37 (dd, J =15.1, 6.0) and 2.17 (dd, J =15.1, 8.1)] to C‐1′, C‐3′ and C‐6′, and from H 2 ‐4′ [ δ H 1.41–1.35 (m) and 1.27–1.21 (m)], Me‐5′ [ δ H 0.89 (t, J =7.4, 3H)] and Me‐6′ [ δ H 0.94 (d, J =6.5, 3H)] to C‐3′, together with the spin systems of H 2 ‐2′/H‐3′/Me‐6′ and H 2 ‐2′/H‐3′/H 2 ‐4′/Me‐5′ in the 1 H‐ 1 H COSY spectrum ( Figure 2), supported the existence of the OMv moiety.…”