“…The 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR spectroscopic data (Table 2) revealed the presence of two methyls [δ H 1.41 (s, H 3 -11 and H 3 -12); δ C 28.3 (C-11 and C-12)], two methenes [δ H 3.59~3.64 (m, H 2 -15), 2.64 (t, J=6.8 Hz, H 2 -16); δ C 36.5 (C-15, 34.5, C-16)], two olefinic methines [δ H 5.78 (d, J=9.6 Hz, H-3), 6.42 (d, J=9.6 Hz, H-4); δ C 132.2 (C-3, 122.5, C-4)], one oxygenated quaternary carbon [δ C 77.7 (C-2)], two carbonyls [δ C 167.2 (C-13), 173.6, (C-17)], an amino group [δ H 7.72 (br s, 14-NH)], and a trisubtituted benzene ring [δ H 7.59 (br s, H-5), 7.67 (br d, J=8.4 Hz, H-7), 6.75 (d, J=8.4 Hz, H-8); δ C 126.5 (C-5), 128.1 (C-6), 129.2 (C-7), 116.6 (C-8), 156.4 (C-9), 121.6 (C-10)]. The above data suggested that 1 would be a chroman derivative, which was similar to N-butyl-2,2-dimethylchroman-6-carboxamide,[20] except for the presence of a Δ 3,4 double bond and the replacement of the ethyl group at C-16 in N-butyl-2,2-dimethylchroman-6-carboxamide by a carboxylic group in 2 1. H-1 H COSY correlation between H-3 and H-4, and HMBC correlations between H-4/ C-2, H-4/C-5, H-4/C-9, H-4/C-10, H-3/C-10, H 3 -12/C-2, and H 3 -12/C-3 demonstrated the existence of a Δ 3,4 double bond (Figure 2).…”