A Novel Sesquiterpene from the Basidiomycete Boletus calopus
Dong-Ze Liua,b, Fei Wanga, Rui-Rui Jiaa, and Ji-Kai Liua
aState Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
bGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Fax: +86-871-5150227. E-mail: jkliu@mail.kib.ac.cn Z. Naturforsch.2008,63b,114 – 116;
received June 29, 2007
A novel sesquiterpene named cyclopinol (1) together with two related known compounds, cyclocalopin A (2) andO- acetylcyclocalopin A (3), hasbeen isolated from the basid- iomyceteBoletus calopus. The structure of compound1was established on the basis of spectral methods (MS, IR, 1D, and 2D NMR experiments).
Key words: Boletus calopus, Basidiomycete, Sesquiterpene
