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Chuktabularins A-D (
1-
4), four novel 16-norphragmalin-type limonoids that feature unprecedented skeletons with a biosynthetically extendedC2 or C3 unit at C-15 forming a unique 2,7-dioxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane moiety, were isolated from the stem bark of
Chukrasia tabularis. Theirstructures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and computer modeling. The biosynthetic pathway of
1-
4 was postulated.