G. Bringmann et al., HPLC-NMR ONLINE COUPLING INCLUDING THE ROESY TECHNIQUE - DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION OF NAPHTHYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS IN CRUDE PLANT-EXTRACTS, Analytical chemistry (Washington), 70(14), 1998, pp. 2805-2811
Directly coupled 600-MHz HPLC-H-1 MMR was used for the first time to i
nvestigate the potential of this technique in the screening of tropica
l plants for naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids. A leaf extract of Ancistr
ocladus guineensis was analyzed both in the on-now mode and in the sto
p-flow mode using reversed-phase isocratic and gradient compositions o
f acetonitrile and D2O on a C-18 column. On-now experiments proved the
occurrence of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids in the extract. Stop-now
measurements confirmed the presence of ancistrotectorine and two new
diastereomeric alkaloids. With 2D TOCSY experiments performed in the s
top-flow mode, it was possible to deduce their constitution, For the e
lucidation of the relative configuration, a 2D HPLC-NMR ROESY experime
nt was developed by supplying a conventional ROESY sequence with a dou
ble presaturation block during the relaxation delay. Application of th
e optimized ROESY method confirmed the constitution of the two new alk
aloids and showed relative cis and trans configurations of the methyl
groups at the isoquinoline moieties. These results underline the value
of this approach for a rapid and reliable phytochemical screening of
plant extracts for naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids. The identification
of known alkaloids as well as the characterization of new structures i
s possible without any purification step. The results were used as the
basic information for the selective isolation of the new structures.