Spiranoid withanolides

Cirigliano AM, Veleiro AS, Bonetto GM, Oberti JC, Burton G (1996) Spiranoid Withanolides from Jaborosa runcinata and Jaborosa araucaria. J Nat Prod 59 717... 

The presence of an oxygenated function at C-23 allows the formation of a y-lactone side chain (group B), these withanolides may be divided in five subgroups, spiranoid withanolides, trechonolides, subtriflora-y-lactones, ixocarpalactones and perulactones, Fig. (3)... 

Comparison of the structure of jaborosalactone 2 (85) with that of trechonolide A (64) indicated that both compounds may have closely related biosynthetic precursors. In the former withanolide, ring closure on C-12 has occurred with a C-22 hydroxyl as shown in Fig. (4) pathway a. Oxidation of this intermediate or a related compound to the 22-ketone would allow cyclization between C-23 and the C-12 ketone to give a spiranoid withanolide (Fig. (4) pathway b). The co-occurrence of trechonolide A (64) and jaborosalactone 2 (85) in J. araucana supports this hypothesis. 

Fig. (4). Proposed biosynthetic routes to trechonolides (pathway a) and spiranoid withanolides (pathway b) via a common precursor. The spiranoid intermediate could render both types of spiranoid withanolides either by reduction at C-22 or dehydration of the 20-hydroxyl.

Cirigliano AM, Veleiro AS, Oberti 1C, Burton G (2002) Spiranoid withanolides from Jaborosa odenelliana. 1 Nat Prod 65 1049-1951... 

The first withanolide with a spiranoid y-lactone side chain, jaborosalactone P (77), was isolated from plants of Jaborosa odonelliana collected in Salta province (Argentina) [43]. Lately six structurally related compounds were found in the same plant, jaborosalactones 10 (78), 14 (79) and 15 (80) in plants collected in summer and jaborosalactones 11 (81), 12 (82), 13 (83) and 14 (79) in plants collected in autumn [44]. 

These withanolides are formed by the double oxidation of C-22, leading to the formation of an ether linkage between C-12 and C-22 and a spiranoid -lactone at C-22. Examples include jaborosalactones 27 (18) and 28 (19), isolated from Jaborosa rotacea [31]. 

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Fig. 7.30 Acnistin E, a withanolide with a modified skeleton due to a functionalization of 21-methyl (for explanation see text), and two highly functionalized jaborosalactones with characteristic spiranoid partial structures (C-23 and C-22, respectively)...

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