Conolodinines A–D, Aspidosperma–Aspidosperma Bisindole Alkaloids with Antiproliferative Activity from Tabernaemontana corymbosa

2019 
Examination of the EtOH extract of the leaves of the Malayan Tabernaemontana corymbosa resulted in the isolation of four new (1–4) and two known bisindole alkaloids (5, 6) of the Aspidosperma–Aspidosperma type. The structures of these alkaloids were determined based on analysis of the spectroscopic data (NMR and HRESIMS). X-ray diffraction analyses of the related bisindole alkaloids conophylline (5) and conophyllinine (6) established the absolute configurations. Treatment of the bisindole alkaloid conophylline (5) with benzeneselenic anhydride gave, in addition to the known bisindole polyervinine (7) previously isolated from another Malayan Tabernaemontana, another bisindole product, 8, an isolable tautomer of 7. X-ray diffraction analyses yielded the absolute configurations of both bisindoles and in addition showed that polyervinine (7) exists primarily as the neutral dione structure. The bisindoles (1–8) and the related conophylline-type bisindoles (9–13) showed pronounced in vitro growth inhibitory act...
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