| Abstract: | The two new triterpenoids, (5β,8α,9β,10α,13α,14β)‐5,9,13‐trimethyl‐4‐oxo‐3,24,25,26‐tetranor‐2,3‐secooleanane‐2,29‐dioic acid (=4‐oxo‐D:A‐friedo‐3‐nor‐2,3‐secooleanane‐2,29‐dioic acid; 1 ) and (2α,3β,4β,5β,8α,9tlsb=‐2%>β,10α,13α,14β,24R)‐3,24‐epoxy‐24‐ethoxy‐2‐hydroxy‐5,9,13‐trimethyl‐24,25,26‐trinoroleanan‐29‐oic acid (=3β,24‐ epoxy‐24α‐ethoxy‐2α‐hydroxy‐D:A‐friedooleanan‐29‐oic acid; 2 ) (absolute configurations tentative), together with a novel bi‐2H‐benzopyran, namely (rel‐(3R,3′S,4R,4′S)‐3,3′,4,4′‐tetrahydro‐6,6′‐dimethoxy3,3′‐bi‐2H‐benzopyran]‐4,4′‐diol ( 3 ), were isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook . f. Their structures were established by chemical and spectroscopic studies and by X‐ray crystallography. |
