From the leaves of Xylopia vielana (Annonaceae) the three dimeric guaianes
vielanin A-C were isolated and structurally elucidated by mass and NMR spec
troscopy as 1-3. The structure of I contains a bridged ring system formed p
robably via a Diels-Alder reaction of two different guaiane monomers. Compo
unds 2 and 3 represent symmetric cyclobutanes formally generated from two e
qual guaiane moieties by [2 + 2] cycloaddition. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science L
td. All rights reserved.