Abstract:
Nine compounds were isolated from the leaves of
Chimonanthus nitens Oliv. by silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and semi-preparative HPLC. They were identified as chimnitensene B (
1), 1
α-hydroxyisodauc-4-en-15-al (
2),
trans-4, 5-dihydroxycorocalane (
3), trefoliol B (
4), oplopanone (
5), oplodiol (
6), 3-(3'-hydroxybutyl)-2, 4, 4-trimethylcyclohexa-2, 5-dienone (
7), 9(
S)-4-oxo-7, 8-dihydro-
β-ionol (
8), and saniculamoid D (
9) respectively, by MS, NMR and single crystal diffraction. Among them, compound
1 is a new guaiane-sesquiterpenoid, and compounds
2-
9 were isolated from this plant for the first time.