“…In addition to these signals, the 13 C NMR spectrum displayed four methyls ( δ C 20.7, 23.1, 24.0 and 25.2), one sp 3 methylene ( δ C 52.3), one sp 2 methylene ( δ C 114.2), five sp 3 methines ( δ C 42.8, 47.7, 65.2, 72.7 and 81.0), two sp 2 methines ( δ C 133.1 and 136.1), three sp 3 quaternary carbons ( δ C 49.6, 79.1 and 85.2) and three sp 2 quaternary carbons ( δ C 138.0, 204.9 and 213.2). These signals account for 19 carbons, indicating the absence of one carbon signal that may be attributed to conformational exchange of the jatrophane type diterpenoid molecule [ 17 , 18 ]. The spectroscopic data of 1 was similar to (2 S *,3 S *,4 R *,5 R *,7 S *,8 R *,13 S *,15 R *)-5,7,8-triacetoxy-3-benzoyloxy-15-hydroxyjatropha-6(17),11 E -diene-9,14-dione ( 5 ) [ 17 ] except for the presence of signals responsible for an hydroxy group ( δ H 2.33) and an additional oxygenated quaternary carbon ( δ C 79.1), the absence of the proton signal at C-2.…”