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Divinorin A, a Psychotropic Terpenoid, and Divinorin B from the Hallucinogenic Mexican Mint, Salvia divinorum
J. School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 7 287-312
1983
by Leander J. Valdés III, William M. Butler, George M. Hatfield, Ara G. Paul, and Masato Koreeda
Summary
While nonalkaloidal constituents have been implicated as being at
least partially responsible for the biological activity of several
hallucinogenic plants,2 little has been reported on the structure of
such possible hallucinogens. The Mexican labiate Salvia divinorum
(Epling and Jatíva-M.) is used in divinatory rites by the Mazatec
Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. An infusion prepared from the crushed fresh
leaves of this plant (known locally as ska Maria Pastora) is used to
induce "visions" and its psychotropic effects have been verified by a
number of researchers.3 Furthermore, upon administration of large doses
of the plant extract in animals, one observes behavioral patterns that
resemble the "intoxication" the infusion produces in human beings.
Despite previous investigations, the principle(s) responsible for this
biological activity has never been identified.4 We now report the
isolation and the structures of the new neoclerodane diterpenes,
divinorins A and B from S. divinorum. Divinorin A, the first clearly
documented terpenoid,5 exerts a sedative effect on mice when tested in
a bioassay based on a modification of Hall's open field.6 Lyophilized,
pulverized leaves (5.35 kg) of S. divinorum were extracted with ether.
The nonpolar components were removed from the concentrated extract
through partition between hexanes and 90% aqueous methanol. The dried
methanolic fraction was crudely purified by silica gel flash column
chromatography7 (hexanes-ethyl acetate 2/1). Further purification of
the biologically active fractions by additional silica gel flash column
chromatography (methylene chloride-methanol 20/1) followed by repeated
recrystallization yielded pure divinorin A (1) (1.2 g) and B (3) 50mg.
(B) 90.56-MHz 13C NMR data in CDCl3, d values from (CH3)4Si;
assignments are based on off-resonance, selective, and gated decoupling
experiments and chemical shift comparisons with compounds 2-4 and model
compounds.
Divinorin A (1), mp 242-244 °C, [a]22D -45.3° (c 8.530, CHCl3), had
the molecular formula C23H28O8. The UV spectrum (211nm (e 5260)) was
indicative of the presence of the furan moeity. This was further
corroborated by the products from the hydrogenation reaction of
divinorin A which was accompanied by hydrogenolysis at C-12. Thus,
catalytic hydrogenation of divinorin A in methanol over 5% Pd/C
provided quantitatively a stereoisomeric mixture (at C-13) of hexahydro
derivatives 4. Although it was difficult to determine the presence of a
ketone group from the IR spectrum of divinorin A alone, as its carbonyl
region is strongly absorbed due to the presence of three other carbonyl
functionalities, the presence of a highly hindered ketone group in
divinorin A became evident from the results of its sodium borohydride
reduction. The sodium borohydride reduction of divinorin A was found to
be extremely sluggish at room temperature, presumably due to the severe
steric crowding near the ketone located at C-1. However reduction at
higher temperatures produced the mixture of 2 (40%) and its
stereoisomeric diol (40%). The latter appears to be stereoisomeric at
C-8 and/or C-9, which evidently has resulted from its "base promoted"
C-8/C-9 cleavage followed by reclosure prior to the reduction. The
stereochemistry of the diol 2 was secured as identical with that of
divinorin A by its conversion to the later via acetylation with acetic
anhydride/pyridine, at room temperature, followed by oxidation with
pyridinium chlorochromate. In contrast, the same sequence of the
reactions of the other diol gave a thus far undetermined stereoisomer
of divinorin A.
Both 1H and 13C NMR spectra were particularly informative since all
1H and 13C signals could be observed and assigned through extensive
proton decoupling, off-resonance decoupling, and selective decoupling
experiments. These provided partial structures which are indicated in
connecting thick lines and by solid blocks denoting quaternary carbons
in Figure 1A. The linkage between C-1 and C-10 was ascertained from the
1H NMR spectrum in acetone-d6 of the diol 2, mp 218-220 °C, obtained in
40% yield from divinorin A with sodium borohydride in isopropyl alcohol
at 35 °C for 2.5 h. Thus, inspection of the coupling constants,
involving protons at C-10, C-1, and C-2 (J10b, 1b = 2.0 Hz, J1b,2b =
2.1 Hz, J2b,3b = 4.9 Hz, J2b,3a = 11.4 Hz, J3b,4b = 2.1 Hz, and J3a,4b
= 13.2 Hz) led to the proposed structure for divinorin A.
The structure was finally confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray
diffraction experiment. A perspective drawing of the final X-ray model,
less hydrogen atoms, is shown in Figure 2. Details of the X-ray
analysis are given in the Experimental Section and bond lengths,
angles, other crystallographic parameters are provided in supplementary
information.
Divinorin B (3), mp 213-216 °C, [a]22D -3.39° (c 0.441, EtOH), was
found to be desacetyl divinorin A, which was verified by the conversion
into divinorin A via acetylation with acetic anhydride in pyridine. The
absolute configurations are proposed based on the CD spectra (MeOH) of
divinorins A (1) (De294 -2.63) and B (3) (De290 -1.41) and
hexahydrodivinorin A (4) (De 295 -1.67). While the absolute
configurations shown appear to be corroborated by the negative n ® p*
Cotton effect of isofruticolone,9 the unambiguous assignment of the
divinorins is yet to be made.
Experimental Section
Microanalysis was performed by Spang Microanalytical Laboratory,
Eagle Harbor, MI. Melting points were taken on a Fisher Johns melting
point apparatus and are uncorrected. The Ultraviolet spectrum was
determined on a Hewlett-Packard 8450A UV/vis spectrophotometer.
Infrared spectra were recorded on a Perkin-Elmer Model 281 spectrometer
as potassium bromide (KBr) discs. Mass spectra were taken with a
Finnigan Model 4023 GC/MS spectrometer. Nuclear magnetic resonance
spectra were obtained on a Bruker WM360 spectrometer (360 MHz for 1H
and 90.56 MHz for 13C) in CDCl3 unless otherwise stated and all
chemical shifts are reported in parts per million relative to internal
tetramethylsilane. Optical rotations were determined on a Perkin-Elmer
241 polarimeter using a quartz cell of 10-cm length and 1-mL volume.
Circular dichroism spectra were recorded on a JASCO J-40A automatic
recording spectropolarimeter using a quartz cell of 20-mm length and
3.5-mL volume.
Collection, Extraction, and Isolation. Live specimens of S.
divinorum were collected at Cerro Quemado (Sept. 3, 1979) and Cerro
Rabon (March 7, 1980) in Oaxaca, Mexico. The plants were cultivated at
the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, The University of Michigan, in order to
provide material for research.
Fresh Salvia leaves (5.350 kg) were lyophilized and forced through
7- and 16-mesh screens yielding 674.1 g of powdered dry material. The
powder was extracted in 30-40-g lots for 24 h with ethyl ether (1
L/lot) using a Soxhlet apparatus and dried in vacuo, giving a total of
27.51 g of ether extract. The extract was partitioned between hexanes
(600 mL) and 90 % aqueous methanol (600 mL) for 48 h using a
liquid/liquid extractor and yielded, after removal of the solvent in
vacuo, a 7.41-g methanol fraction. The hexane fraction was
repartitioned as above and the combined concentrated methanol fractions
(9.36 g) were subjected to further purification by flash column
chromatography.
In a typical experiment, a Fischer Porter 2.5 x 25 cm column
containing 55 g of silica gel (70-230 mesh) which had been treated with
2.75 mL of water, was equilibrated with the eluting solvent,
hexanes/ethyl acetate (2/1). Five hundred milligrams of the methanolic
fraction was adsorbed on 5 g of silica gel and carefully poured on the
preequilibrated column. The eluting solvent was then forced (using
nitrogen pressure) through the column at the flow rate of 25-35 mL/min
and 100 mL fractions were collected. Each fraction was then followed by
bioassay and fractions 4-9 were determined to be active. The 9.36 g of
methanolic fraction yielded 2.349 g of desired crude material. The
material recovered was further purified by using another flash column
chromatography. Five hundred milligrams of the crudely purified
methanol fraction, adsorbed on 5 g of silica gel, was added to the top
of the 2.5 x 25 cm Fischer Porter column containing 55 g of silica gel
which had been treated with 2.75 mL of water and preequilibrated with
the eluting solvent, methylene chloride/methanol (20/1). The column was
eluted at a rate of 25-35 mL/min with the aid of 5 psi of nitrogen
pressure, and 25 mL fractions were collected. The biologically active
fractions (fractions 3-5) were combined. The 2.349 g of starting
material gave 1.515 g of impure diterpene mixture from which pure
divinorin A (893 mg) was obtained after two recrystallizations from
absolute ethanol. The combined mother liquors were subjected to
preparative TLC purification (Merck GF-254, 15 x 1 mm plate, 20 x 20
cm, developed with CHCl3/MeOH/H2O, 100.10/1), which gave more divinorin
A (305 mg, Rf 0.63) and crude divinorin B. The crude divinorin B was
further purified by two recrystallizations from methanol, yielding 50
mg of divinorin B (Rf 0.48). Divinorin A (1): 242-244 °C; [a]22D -45.3°
(c 8.530, CHCl3); UV (MeOH) 211 nm (e 5260); IR (KBr) 3220, 1745, 1735,
1240, 875 cm-1; NMR (1H and 13C) see Figure 1; mass spectrum (EI, 70
eV), m/z 432 (M+, 1.5), 273 (6.5), 166 (8.6), 121 (13.0), 108 (8.0),
107 (9.7), 95 (17.9), 94 (100), 93 (9.9), 91 (6.9), 81 (11.2), 79
(5.5), 55 (13.7); CD (MeOH) De294 -2.63; Anal. Calcd for C23H28O8: C,
63.89; H, 6.48; O, 29.63. Found: C, 63.44; H, 6.61; O, 30.14. Divinorin
B (3): mp 213-216 °C; [a]24D -3.39° (c 0.441, EtOH); IR (KBr) 3495,
3140, 1735, 1715, 1250, 860 cm-1; 1H NMR (360 MHZ) d 1.101 (s, 3 H,
19-H), 1.484 (s, 3 H, 20-H), 1.50-1.65 (m, 3 H, 7-H's and 11b-H), 1.797
(ddd, 1 H, J = 2.7, 3.1, 12.9 Hz, 6a-H), 2.020 (ddd, 1 H, J = 11.4,
13.5, 13.6 Hz, 3a-H), 2.074 (dd, 1 H, J = 2.0, 11.7 Hz, 8-H); 2.169 (s,
1 H, 10-H); 2.17 (m, 1 H, 6b-H); 2.480 (ddd, 1 H, J = 3.1, 7.7, 13.6
Hz, 3b-H); 2.548 (dd, 1 H, J = 5.2, 13.4 Hz, 11a-H); 2.709 (dd, 1 H, J
= 3.1, 13.5 Hz, 4-H); 3.599 (d, 1 H, J = 3.3 Hz, OH); 3.717 (s, 3 H,
COOMe); 4.080 (ddd, 1 H, J = 3.3, 7.7, 11.4 Hz, 2-H); 5.567 (dd, 1 H, J
= 5.1, 11.7 Hz, 12-H); 6.376 (dd, 1 H, J = 0.92, 1.8 Hz, 14-H); 7.399
(dd, 1 H, J = 1.5, 1.8 Hz, 15-H); 7.416 (dd, 1H, J = 0.92, 1.5 Hz,
16-H); 13C NMR (C5D5N; 90.56 MHz); d 15.35 (q), 16.49 (q), 18.89 (t),
35.82 (t), 38.31 (s), 42.44 (s), 43.53 (t), 51.22 (d), 51.51 (q), 53.62
(d), 63.18 (d), 71.99 (d), 75.27 (d), 109.31 (d), 126.64 (s), 140.26
(d), 144.15 (d), 171.38 (s), 172.59 (s), 209.79 (s) ppm; CD (MeOH)
De290 -1.41.
Hexahydrodivinorin A (4). A mixture of 150 mg of divinorin A (1) in
100 mL of methanol and 162 mg of 5% palladium on charcoal in a 125 mL
round bottomed flask was hydrogenated at room temperature under a
slightly positive pressure for 24 h. The catalyst was removed by
filtration and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residual oil was
dissolved in 25 mL of methylene chloride and extracted 3 times with
5-mL portions of 1 % NaHCO3 in H2O. the combined aqueous layers were
acidified to pH 1.0 with concentrated HCl and extracted 3 times with
5-mL portions of methylene chloride. The organic fraction was taken to
dryness in vacuo and the crude oily product was recrystallized from
ethanol-water to provide pure hexahydrodivinorin A (4) (143 mg): mp
196-198 °C; IR (KBr) 3100, 1755, 1735, 1725, 1225 cm-1; 1H NMR (360MHz)
d 1.033 (s, 3 H), 1.340 and 1.345 (both s, total 3 H), 2.137 and 2.139
(both s, total 3 H), 3.686 (s, 3 H); 13C NMR (90.56 MHz) d 15.99 (q),
19.71/19.74* (q), 20.48 (q), 21.26 (t), 27.19/27.27* (t), 31.33 (t),
32.10/32.22* (t), 38.10 and 38.29 (multiplicities not certain due to
overlap), 38.19 (s), 38.37 (t), 39.56/39.63* (d), 42.91/42.92* (s),
49.05*/49.08 (d), 51.71 (q), 54.02*/54.15 (d), 58.67*/58.79 (d), 67.84
(t), 73.31*/73.37 (t), 75.44*/75.45 (d), 169.61 (s), 171.65 (s),
177.26*/177.49 (s), 202.08/202.10* (s) (the paired chemical shifts
represent those of spectroscopically resolved diastereomers, and the
ones with asterisks indicate the more intense 13C peaks between the two
paired); mass spectrum (CI; CH4) m/z (relative intensity) 467 (12), 440
(22), 439 (M + H+, 100), 437 (11), 422 (15), 421 (68), 167 (6), 104
(17), 99 (8), 97 (6), 95 (7), 85 (9); CD (MeOH) De295 -1.67.
Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Divinorin A. Divinorin A (1, 260mg)
was dissolved in 120 mL of isopropyl alcohol in a 200-mL round bottomed
flask and was treated with 14 mg of sodium borohydride. The mixture was
warmed up to 33-35 °C and was kept at that temperature for 2.5 h. The
reaction was terminated by addition of 3 mL of methanol. The solvent
was removed under vacuum and the dried crude products were re-dissolved
in 50 mL of chloroform and and washed with 50 mL of 1 % HCl and twice
with 50 mL portions of water. The organic fraction was dried over
sodium sulfate and taken to dryness (255 mg). The crude mixture was
purified through flash column chromatography on silica gel (230-400
mesh; 30 g) using hexanes/ethyl actetate (1/2) as the eluting solvents.
The more polar diol (2; 124 mg) was recovered along wit the less polar,
thus far unidentified stereoisomeric diol (120 mg; mp 234-235 °C). Diol
2: mp 218-220 °C; [a]25D +1.16° (c 1.55, EtOH); IR (KBr) 3505, 1725,
1705 cm-1; 1H NMR (acetone-d6, 360 MHz) d 1.163 (s, 1 H 10-H), 1.375
(s, 3 H), 1.438 (s, 3 H), 1.56-1.62 (m, 4 H, 3b-H, 6-H's, and 7a-H),
1.799 (dd, 1 H, J = 11.9, 13.2 Hz, 11b-H),1.964 (dddd, 1 H, J = 3.3,
3.3, 3.5, 13.8 Hz, 7b-H), 2.109 (ddd, 1 H, J = 11.4, 12.7, 13.2 Hz,
3a-H), 2.203 (dd, 1 H, J = 2.1, 13.2 Hz, 4-H), 2.294 (dd, 1 H, J = 3.3,
12.3 Hz, 8-H), 2.494 (dd, 1 H, J = 5.6, 13.2 Hz, 11a-H), 3.358 (br s, 1
H, 1-OH), 3.553 (dddd, 1 H, J = 2.0, 4.9, 5.4, 11.4 Hz, 2-H), 3.623 (s,
3 H, COOMe), 4.027 (d, 1 H, J = 5.4 Hz, 2-OH), 4.207 (br s, 1 H, 1-H),
5.594 (dd, 1 H, J = 5.6, 11.9 Hz, 12-H), 6.593 (dd, 1 H, J = 0.7, 1.8
Hz, 14-H), 7.556 (dd, 1 H, J = 1.6, 1.8 HZ, 15-H), 7.650 (dd, 1 H, J =
0.7, 1.6 Hz, 16-H); 13C NMR (acetone-d6, 90.56 MHz) d 17.02 (q), 18.07
(q), 19.71 (t), 29.39 (t), 37.39 (s), 38.50 (s), 41.22 (t), 44.75 (t),
51.24 (q), 52.79 (d), 55.81 (d), 56.05 (d), 69.69 (d), 72.12 (d), 72.33
(d), 109.70 (d), 127.74 (s), 140.62 (d), 144.52 (d), 172.12 (s), 173.75
(s); mass spectrum (CI; CH4), m/z (relative intensity) 421 (7), 394
(21), 393 (M + H+, 100), 375 (74), 357 (78), 343 (87).
Conversion of Diol 2 to Divinorin A (1). The diol 2 (25mg) was
dissolved in 7 mL of dry pyridine, placed in a 25-mL round bottomed
flask, and treated with 1 mL of acetic anhydride. After being stirred
at room temperature for 5 h, the reaction was terminated by addition of
1 mL of methanol. The mixture was poured into ice water (50mL), its pH
was adjusted to ~10 by addition of aqueous NH4OH and it was extracted
twice with 60 mL portions of chloroform. The combined organic layers
were washed with 25 mL of 10 % aqueous HCl and then 25 mL of water,
dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The crude mixture
(35 mg) was purified via flash column chromatography (50 g of 230-400
mesh silica gel; eluted with hexanes/ethyl acetate (1/1), providing 21
mg of the diol (2) 2-monoacetate along with 2 mg of the starting diol
2. Diol (2) 2-monoacetate: IR (KBr) 3600, 1740, 1735, 1240 cm-1; 1H NMR
(360 MHz) d 1.002 (s, 1 H, 10-H), 1.390 (s, 3 H), 1.458 (s, 3 H), 2.096
(s, 3 H, OAc), 3.677 (s, 3 H, COOMe), 4.292 (br s, 1 H, 1-H), 4.696
(ddd, 1 H, J = 3.2, 4.6, 11.7 Hz, 3-H); 13C NMR (90.56 MHz) d 16.81,
17.90, 18.72, 21.07, 24.90, 36.96, 37.87, 40.66, 51.43, 52.58, 55.00,
55.88, 67.36, 71.75, 74.60, 108.47, 125.91, 139.39, 143.78, 169.61,
171.68, 172.44.
The diol (2) 2-monoacetate (19 mg) , dissolved in 5 mL of methylene
chloride, was placed in a 25-mL round bottomed flask and treated with
53 mg of PCC in 5 mL of methylene chloride at room temperature. After
30 h, the reaction mixture was diluted with 50 mL of ether. The ether
layer was recovered by decantation and the dark residue was extracted
with 10 mL of ether. The combined ether layers were dried over sodium
sulfate and the organic solvents removed in vacuo. The crude reaction
products (20 mg) were purified via flash column chromatography [55 g of
Merk silica gel, 230-400 mesh; eluted with hexane/EtOAc (3/2)] which
yielded 10 mg of divinorin A (1) and 5 mg of diol (2) 2-monoacetate.
Acetylation of Divinorin B (3). Divinorin B (10 mg) dissolved in 5
mL of dry pyridine and placed in a 10-mL round bottomed flask, was
treated with 0.5 mL of acetic anhydride at room temperature. The
mixture was stirred for 6 h at that temperature. The reaction was
terminated by addition of 1 mL of methanol and the mixture was poured
into ice water (50 mL). The resulting precipitates were collected by
filtration, washed thoroughly with water and dried in vacuo. The crude
product was recrystallized from absolute ethanol and found identical
with divinorin A.
X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of Divinorin A (1). Crystals of
divinorin A were obtained by slow cooling of a saturated ethanolic
solution. A crystal of dimensions 0.078 x 0.269 x 0.418 mm was mounted
on a Syntex P21 diffractomenter and found to have the space group
P212121 with a = 6.369 (2) Å, b = 11.366 (4) Å, and c = 30.747(12) Å.
The density was calculated to be 1.29g/cc for Z = 4. Intensity data
were obtained using Mo Ka radiation monochromatized by means of a
graphite crystal whose diffraction vector was perpendicular to the
diffraction vector of the sample. A total of 2494 reflections with 2q
< 50° were measured, of which 1376 were considered observed [I >
3s(I)]. The data were reduced by procedures previously used.10 The
structure was solved using MULTAN78. Hydrogen atomic positions were
calculated and added to the structure. They were given isotropic
temperature factors one unit greater than the atom to which they were
attached and their positions were not refined. Standard techniques were
used to refine the structure to R1 = 0.087 and R2 = 0.092.
Note Added in Proof. After the original submission of the manuscript
we learned that Ortega et al. reported the structure of salvinorin
which is identical with that of divinorin A described herein (Ortega,
A.; Blount, J.F.; Manchand, P.S. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I 1982,
2505). Therefore divinorins A and B should be called salvinorins A and
B respectively.
Registry No. 1 837-29-01-5; 2 92545-29-4; 3 92545-30-7; 4 92545-31-8.
Supplementary Material Available: (X-ray Crystallographic ordering data was not copied - Arachnid).,
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reacted with Ludy Tenger reagent (a modified Dragendorff's reagent) and
possibly alkaloids, extensive work in our laboratory has shown that
pharmacologically active extracts from S. divinorum do not contain
alkaloids, nor were we able to isolate any alkaloids from the plant
itself.
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from Lagochilus inebrians Bge. are described as having pharmacological
activity exhibited by hemostatic and sedative properties of a general
nature that are in part attributed to the spiro ether-containing
labdane, lagochilin, which as been isolated from the plant. However,
details regarding the preparations and the diterpene itself are not
available: (a) Abramov, M.M.; Yaparova, S.A. J. Appl. Chem., USSR 1963,
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following is a summary of our modified bioassay: Mice were dosed with
various fractions of the extract and the animals' activities were
observed in the field, which consisted of a 3-ft. circle divided into
squares. Parameters measured were the number of squares entered (lines
crossed), rearings on the hind legs, and time spent immobile. Divinorin
A reduced all three measurements of activity, resembling that of S.
divinorum in human beings.2c
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Purified, recrystallized divinorin A has activity slightly stronger
than the original plant extract, whereas divinorin B was inactive in
this bioassay (this does not preclude the possibility of a different
psychotropic activity in the latter). The mother liquor from
recrystallization contains at least two more terpenoids in addition to
these two divinorins. This mixture shows substantially stronger
activity, thus suggesting the presence of a minor component(s) that
either synergistically enhances the activity of divinorin A or has
strong sedative properties in itself. Isolation of these minor
components and identifying their activities is currently being pursued.
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