Four new chromone derivatives, phomopsichins A-D (1-4), along with a known compound, phomoxanthone A (5), were isolated from the fermentation products of mangrove endophytic fungus Phomopsis sp. 33#. Their structures were elucidated based on comprehensive spectroscopic analysis coupled with single-crystal X-ray diffraction or theoretical calculations of electronic circular dichroism (ECD). They...

*Correspondence: Johannes F. Imhoff, Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum KiWiZ, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Am Kiel-Kanal 44, 24106 Kiel, Germany e-mail: [email protected] The isolation and structure elucidation of malettinins A–C (1–3) along with the new malettinin E (4) are described. The compounds were produced by the fungus Cladosporium sp. strain KF501, which was isolated from th...

Aluminum-containing mesoporous silica with hierarchical macroporous architecture (Al-MMS) was successfully prepared using a solvent evaporation method through the combination of precursor solution for synthesis of Al-containing mesoporous silica (Al-MS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) colloidal crystals as a hard template. The porous structure and the state of aluminum were investigated us...

The formal [3 + 2]-photocycloaddition of 2-hydroxy- (2a) and 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinone (2b) to olefins was studied in various solvents aiming at a possible enantioselective reaction course. The reaction conditions were optimised for irradiation at low temperature in a nonpolar solvent employing external fluorescent lamps as irradiation sources. Best yields for the reaction of 2-hydroxy-1,4-nap...

In an attempt to find a new class antibacterial agents, a series of biscoumarins (1-4) and dihydropyrans (5-13) were successfully prepared. The molecular structures of four representative compounds, that is, 4, 5, 8 and 12 were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. These synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial activity in vitro against Staphylococcus aureus (S...