Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract:
Treatment of dihydrocostunolide 1 with NBS in aqueous acetone at room temperature furnished bromolactones 3, 4 and 5. Structural evidence for these bromolactones rests upon spectral data and chemical correlations with santanolide “c” 10. Mass spectral fragmentation patterns for the bromolactones, with special reference to 4, have been also discussed.