Two new rearranged limonoids, named haperforine A (1) and haperforine E (2)
, were isolated from a sample of Harrisonia perforata leaves collected in C
enter Vietnam and their structures determined by X-ray diffraction analysis
. The structure of a minor compound was established as 12-desacetylhaperfor
ine A (3) by chemical correlation. Their NMR and mass spectroscopic propert
ies are reported.