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Conformational analysis and DFT calculations of 8α-hydroxy-germacradiene-6,12-olide derivatives

Giampaolo BaroneSergio RosselliDario DucaAntonella MaggioMaurizio Bruno

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CrystallographyChemistryComputational chemistryOrganic ChemistryPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryCarbon-13 NMRSpectral line

description

The Systematic Conformational Search Analysis (SCSA) code was employed to study the conformational properties of the 8α-hydroxy-germacradiene-6,12-olide isomers. This procedure was extended to the trans,cis- and trans,trans-1(10),4-isomers of 8α,15-dihydroxy-germacradiene-6,12-olides and 8α-hydroxy-15-oxo-germacradiene-6,12-olides, to investigate structural and energetic analogies between these and the 8α-hydroxy-germacradiene-6,12-olide species. The calculated 13C NMR spectra, at the hybrid DFT mPW1PW91 level, showed a sound correlation with the corresponding experimental spectra, providing a valid support to the reliability of the calculated structures and to the consistence of our conformational analysis. The results presented here allowed us to support our previous mechanistic interpretation on the oxidation of 8α,15-dihydroxy-trans,trans-1(10),4-germacradiene-6,12-olides to 8α-hydroxy-15-oxo-trans,cis-1(10),4-germacradiene-6,12-olides. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.976