Hyptatic acid-A (
32), a 2
,3
,24-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid, previously isolated from
Hyptiscapitata, was obtained from maslinic acid (
2). The regioselective cyclopalladation of the axial methylgroup on C-4 of maslinic acid afforded the C-24 hydroxymethylene group due to the presence of aC-2-OR substituent. Nevertheless, hederagenin (
7) (23-hydroxy derivative) was formed when thisoxygenated group was not present.