Abstract: | 1H-and13C-NMR. spectra of methyl esters of the diastereomeric (±)-dihydropalustramic acids; structural correlation of (?)-dihydropalustramic acid with the alkaloid palustrin Unambiguous assignment of cis-trans configuration at the piperidine ring of the four diastereomeric methyl esters of the (±)-dihydropalustramic acids is based on the interpretation of 1H- and 13C-NMR. data. (?)-Dihydropalustramic acid, the important degradation product of the alkaloid palustrin is shown to be threo-cis-6-(1-hydroxypropyl)-2-piperidyl]acetic acid. The same conclusion holds for palustrin and dihydropalustrin. Therefore, palustrin is threo-cis-17-(1-hydroxy-propyl)-1,5,10-triazabicyclo11.4.0]heptadec-15-en-11-one. |