Spirocyclic Defensive Alkaloid from a Coccinellid Beetle

Xiongwei Shi, Athula B. Attygalle, Jerrold Meinwald, Marilyn A. Houck, Thomas Eisner

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Abstract

A new alkaloid, chilocorine B, was characterized from a coccinellid beetle, Chilocorus cacti. This compound represents the first spirocyclic example of the new "dimeric" alkaloid family whose structures are derived from two thirteen-carbon tricyclic subunits, 2-methylperhydro-9b-azaphenalene and 3,4-dimethyloctahydro-8bazaacenaphthylene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8711-8718
Number of pages8
JournalTetrahedron
Volume51
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 1995

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