H. Shi et al., Octahydro-7a,8 '-dimethylspiro[isobenzofuran-4(1H),4 '(3 ' H)-[1H-7,9a]methanocyclohepta[c]pyran]1 ',3,9 '(3aH,4 ' aH)-trione, ACT CRYST E, 57, 2001, pp. O1007-O1009
The title compound, C20H26O5, or ludongnin B, which has been isolated from
Rabdosia var lophanthoides, is composed of three six-membered rings and two
five-membered rings. The isobenzofuran ring system couples almost orthogon
ally to the methanocyclohepta[c]pyran moiety through a spiro-C atom.