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Yaming Zhou

Alkaloids from the Sponge-Associated FungusAspergillussp.

Seven new alkaloids including tryptoquivaline K (1) and fumiquinazolines K–P (2–7), bearing a rare 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid residue, together with six known compounds (8–13), were isolated from the fungus Aspergillus sp. obtained from the Mediterranean sponge Tethya aurantium. The structures of the new compounds were determined by extensive analysis by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The absolute configurations of tryptoquivaline K (1) and fumiquinazolines K and L (2, 3) were determined by TDDFT ECD calculations of their solution conformers, and the configurational assignment of the related fumiquinazolines M–P (4–7) was achieved by comparison of their ECD spe…

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New Austalides from the Sponge-Associated Fungus Aspergillus sp.

Chromatographic separation of a crude extract obtained from the fungus Aspergillus sp., isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Tethya aurantium, yielded five new meroterpenoid metabolites, austalides M–Q (1–5), together with nine known compounds (6–13). The structures of the new compounds were unambiguously elucidated on the basis of extensive 1D and 2D NMR methods and by mass spectral analysis. Furthermore, the absolute configurations of 1 and 4 were determined by time-dependent density functional theory electronic circular dichroism (TDDFT ECD) calculations, allowing the assignment of the absolute configuration of analogous compounds 2, 3, and 5. The calculations revealed that the conform…

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