bisorbicillinol and sorbicillinol

In our screening of microorganisms for new natural products, the fungus Penicillium notatum delivered further members of the sorbicillin family, namely, the sohirnones A [3, 1-(2,4-dihydroxy-5-methylphenyl)hex-4-en-1-one], B [4a, 1-(2,4,5-trihydroxy-3,6-dimethylphenyl)hexa-2,4-dien-1-one], and C [5, 1-(2,4,5-trihydroxy-3,6-dimethylphenyl)hex-4-en-1-one]. A stable tautomer of oxosorbicillinol (7) was characterized as 6, and the recently described 7-deacetoxyyanuthone (8) was reisolated. The additionally isolated rezishanones A-D (12-13c) are the first natural Diels-Alder products of sorbicillinol (1) with dienophiles not related with 1. The monomers and dimers showed weak antibacterial activity, but were inactive against fungi and algae. The structures were determined by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the NMR data with those of the structurally related 2',3'-dihydrosorbicillin (2) and, in the case of 4a, by transformation into the known sorrentanone (4b).

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cyclohexanones; Molecular Structure; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Penicillium chrysogenum; Resorcinols

A potent antioxidant, bisorbicillinol, which is a member of the bisorbicillinoid family isolated from the culture broth of Trichoderma sp. USF-2690, produces a stable radical-terminated symmetric dimer by donating two hydrogen atoms to the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical.

Topics: Antioxidants; Biphenyl Compounds; Bridged-Ring Compounds; Cyclohexanones; Dimerization; Free Radical Scavengers; Picrates; Trichoderma

An incorporation study of [1-(13)C] and [1,2-(13)C2] labeled sodium acetates into sorbicillinol 1 established a ring closure system between C-1 and C-6 and the positions that were oxidized and/or methylated on a hexaketide chain. Subsequent investigations, using 13C-labeled 1 prepared from [1-(13)C] labeled sodium acetate, clearly demonstrated that both bisorbicillinol 2 and sorbicillin 6 incorporated 13C-labeled 1 into their carbon skeletons. 13C-labeled bisorbicillinols 2 derived from [1-(13)C]- and [2-(13)C]-labeled sodium acetates clearly indicate that these were on the biosynthetic route from 1 to bisorbibutenolide (bislongiquinolide) 3 and bisorbicillinolide 4 via 2 as a branching point in the fungus.

Topics: 4-Butyrolactone; Acetylation; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; Bridged-Ring Compounds; Cyclohexanones; Fermentation; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Models, Molecular; Resorcinols; Trichoderma