An ethanolic extract of the roots of Barringtonia racemosa afforded two nov
el neo-clerodane-type diterpenoids, methyl-15,16-epoxy-12-oxo-3,13(16),14-n
eo-clerodatrien-18,19-olide-17-carboxylate (nasimalun A, 1) and dimethyl-15
,16-epoxy-3,13(16),14-neo-clerodatrien-17,18-dicarboxylate (17-carboxymethy
lhardwickiic acid methyl eater, nasimalun B, 2) by NMR and MS analyses and
by comparison of their spectral data with related compounds. The relative s
tereochemistry of the asymmetric centers in 1 and 2 was determined by selec
tive 1D NOESY experiments.