Structures of Fraxinellone Derivatives by Hydrogenation with $PtO_2$ in HOAc

백선피의 성분 Fraxinellone의 백금산 촉매에 의한 환원물질의 구조

Two fraxinellone-based hydrogenated derivatives were prepared from fraxinellone, a well-known degraded limonin, via catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of $PtO_2$ in HOAc. Their structures were confirmed as (3S,3aR,3'R)-3a,7-dimethyl-3-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-3a,4,5,6-tetrahydroisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one and (3S,3aR,2'R)-3-((R)-1-hydroxybutan-2-yl)-3a,7-dimethyl-3a,4,5,6-tetrahydroisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one on the basis of 2D NMR assignments. The $^{13}C$ NMR assignments of two quaternary carbons in the ${\alpha}$,${\beta}$-unsaturated carbonyl moiety of ${\gamma}$-butyrolactone core of fraxinellone should be revised.