文摘
Biomimetic-type reactions of the tricyclic pyridone alkaloid, (x2212;)-fusoxypyridone [(x2212;)-4,6′-anhydrooxysporidinone] (1), recently encountered in an endophytic strain of Fusarium oxysporum, and (x2212;)-oxysporidinone (2) afforded (x2212;)-sambutoxin (3) and an analogue of 1, identified as (x2212;)-1′(6′)-dehydro-4,6′-anhydrooxysporidinone (4), thus confirming the structure previously proposed for 1 and suggesting that 1–3 bear the same relative stereochemistry. Oxidation of 4 with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) yielded a hitherto unknown sambutoxin analogue, (x2212;)-4,2′-anhydrosambutoxin (5).