“…Its IR spectrum had a strong absorption band at 1713 cm –1 characteristic of an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl moiety of a pentacyclic ring. 16 Analysis of the 1 H, 13 C NMR, and HSQC data (Table 1 ) revealed that 1 contained a tertiary methyl (δ H 1.28 s; δ C 21.2), a secondary methyl [δ H 1.08 d ( J = 6.4 Hz); δ C 21.7], five methylenes of which one is oxygenated [δ H 4.26 ddd ( J = 18.8, 3.6, 2.0 Hz), 4.56 dd ( J = 18.8, 2.0 Hz); δ C 59.0], and two oxymethine groups [δ H 4.74 brd ( J = 2.8 Hz); δ C 76.9 and 3.76 dqd ( J = 12.0, 6.4, 2.0 Hz); δ C 67.1]. It also contained five quaternary carbons consisting of one mono-oxygenated (δ C 81.4), one dioxygenated (δ C 95.4), and two olefinic (δ C 166.4 and 132.4) carbons, and a ketone carbonyl (δ C 204.6).…”