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(±)-Usphenethylones A-C, three pairs of heterodimeric polyketide enantiomers from Aspergillus ustus 3.3904.

Xiaogang PengShuang ZhouJun-Jun LiuYing GaoJinling ChangHan-Li Ruan
Published in: Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2022)
Three pairs of new heterodimeric polyketide enantiomers, (±)-usphenethylones A-C (1-3), were isolated from the culture extract of Aspergillus ustus 3.3904. Compounds 1-3 present two heterodimerization patterns by a phenylethyl unit connected to an α-pyrone moiety, of which usphenethylones A-B (1-2) feature a 2,6,18-trioxa-tetracyclo-[8.8.0.0 3,8 .0 11,16 ]octadecane core and usphenethylone C (3) possesses a 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-pyrano[4,3- b ]pyran-5-one scaffold. The structures of (±)-1-3 were elucidated based on spectroscopic data analyses, and their absolute configurations were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and ECD calculation. Plausible biosynthetic pathways for 1-3 were proposed. Compounds (+)-3 and (-)-3 exhibited moderate inhibitory effects against ConA-induced T cell and LPS-induced B cell proliferation.
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