Bioactive Formylated Flavonoids from Eugenia rigida: Isolation, Synthesis, and X-ray Crystallography

J Nat Prod. 2016 Sep 23;79(9):2341-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00474. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Abstract

Two new flavonoids, rac-6-formyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavanone (1) and 2',6'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-3'-methylchalcone (2), together with five known derivatives, rac-8-formyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavanone (3), 4',6'-dihydroxy-2'-methoxy-3'-methyldihydrochalcone (4), rac-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-6-methylflavanone (5), 3'-formyl-2',4',6'-trihydroxy-5'-methyldihydrochalcone (6), and 3'-formyl-2',4',6'-trihydroxydihydrochalcone (7), were isolated from the leaves of Eugenia rigida. The individual (S)- and (R)-enantiomers of 1 and 3, together with the corresponding formylated flavones 8 (6-formyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavone) and 9 (8-formyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavone), as well as 2',4',6'-trihydroxychalcone (10), 3'-formyl-2',4',6'-trihydroxychalcone (11), and the corresponding 3'-formyl-2',4',6'-trihydroxydihydrochalcone (7) and 2',4',6'-trihydroxydihydrochalcone (12), were synthesized. The structures of the isolated and synthetic compounds were established via NMR, HRESIMS, and electronic circular dichroism data. In addition, the structures of 3, 5, and 8 were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction crystallography. The isolated and synthetic flavonoids were evaluated for their antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities against a panel of microorganisms and solid tumor cell lines.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Chalcones / chemistry
  • Chalcones / isolation & purification*
  • Chalcones / pharmacology*
  • Cryptococcus neoformans / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Eugenia / chemistry*
  • Flavanones
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Puerto Rico
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • 2',6'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-3'-methylchalcone
  • 6-methylflavanone
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Chalcones
  • Flavanones
  • Flavonoids
  • pinocembrin chalcone
  • rac-6-formyl-5,7-dihydroxyflavanone
  • chrysin