Kaurane

Kaurane is a parent hydride used in the IUPAC nomenclature of natural products and also, distinctly, in CAS nomenclature. It is a diterpene with a rigid four-ring structure and six chiral centres.

The stereochemistry of the six chiral centres is defined by convention: however, IUPAC and CAS use different conventional stereochemistry, which also leads to a slight difference in numbering between the two systems. IUPAC conventional kaurane has (5S,8S,9S,10S,13S,15R)-stereochemistry, and is drawn with the five-membered ring receding into the plane of the image. CAS conventional kaurane has (5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,15R)-stereochemistry, and is drawn with the five-membered ring protruding from the plane of the image. Carbon-19 (one of the two methyl groups attached to carbon-4) is on the same side of the molecule as the five-membered ring in both systems: hence it is receding into the plane of the image in IUPAC nomenclature and protruding from the plane of the image in CAS nomenclature.

The name ent-kaurane is sometimes used to refer to the CAS conventional kaurane and so to distinguish it from the IUPAC stereochemistry. It is also possible to explicitly specify the stereochemistry at carbons 8 and 13, giving:

• (8S,13S)-kaurane (IUPAC conventional)
• (8R,13R)-kaurane (CAS conventional)

Further reading

• Lee, Jeong-Hyung; Koo, Tae Hyeon; Hwang, Bang Yeon; Lee, Jung Joon Kaurane Diterpene, Kamebakaurin, Inhibits NF-kappa B by Directly Targeting the DNA-binding Activity of p50 and Blocks the Expression of Antiapoptotic NF-kappa B Target Genes. J. Biol. Chem., 277 (21), 18411–20. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M201368200.
• Nagashima, Fumihiro; Tanaka, Hironao; Takaoka, Shigeru; Asakawa, Yoshinori Ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids from the liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia ssp. cordifolia. Phytochemistry 1996, 41 (4), 1129–41. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(95)00755-5.
• Batista, Ronan; García, Pablo A.; Castro, Maria A.; del Corral, José M. Miguel; San Feliciano, Arturo; de Oliveira, Alaíde B. New oxidized ent-kaurane and ent-norkaurane derivatives from kaurenoic acid. J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2007, 18 (3), 622–27. DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532007000300020.
• Ding, Lan; Zhang, Zhang-Jing; Liu, Guo-An; Yang, Dong-Juan; Guo, Guo-Cong; Wang, Han; Sun, Kun Three New Cytotoxic ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids from Isodon weisiensis C. Y. Wu. Helv. Chim. Acta 2005, 88 (9), 2502–7. DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200590185.
• Nagashima, Fumihiro; Kondoh, Masuo; Uematsu, Toshinari; Nishiyama, Akiko; Saito, Sayaka; Sato, Masao; Asakawa, Yoshinori Cytotoxic and apoptosis-inducing ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids from the Japanese liverwort Jungermannia truncata nees. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2002, 50 (6), 808–13. DOI: 10.1248/cpb.50.808.
• Arriaga-Giner, Francisco Javier; Rumbero, Angel; Wollenweber, Eckhard 16α,19-Diacetoxy-ent-kaurane, a New Natural Diterpene from the Exudate of Ozothamnus scutellifolius (Asteraceae). Z. Naturforsch. C 1999, 54, 602–4.
• Bruno, Maurizio; Piozzi, Franco; Arnold, Nelly Apostolides; Başer, K. Hüsnü Can; Tabanca, Nurhayat; Kirimer, Neşe Kaurane Diterpenoids from Three Sideritis Species. Turk. J. Chem. 2005, 29 (1), 61–64, <http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/issues/kim-05-29-1/kim-29-1-7-0402-1.pdf>.
• Zhao, Yong; Pu, Jian-Xin; Huang, Sheng-Xiong; Ding, Li-Sheng; Wu, Ying-Li; Li, Xian; Yang, Li-Bin; Xiao, Wei-Lie, et al. ent-Kaurane diterpenoids from Isodon pharicus. J. Nat. Prod. 2009, 72 (6), 988–93. PMID 19425589. DOI: 10.1021/np9000366.
• Kim, Ki Hyun; Choi, Sang Un; Lee, Kang Ro Diterpene glycosides from the seeds of Pharbitis nil. J. Nat. Prod. 2009, 72 (6), 1121–27. PMID 19435339. DOI: 10.1021/np900101t.
• Jaitak, Vikas; Bikram Singh, Bandna; Kaul, V. K. An efficient microwave-assisted extraction process of stevioside and rebaudioside-A from Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni). Phytochem. Anal. 2009, 20 (3), 240–45. PMID 19358287. DOI: 10.1002/pca.1120.

External links

• Kaurane Chemical Structure (shows the IUPAC conventional structure)
• Diterpenes, Kaurane – Research News and Information