“…The 13 C NMR chemical shifts of C-20, C-22, and C-24 for (17 S ,23 S )-isomer were almost equal, however, those of (17 S ,23 R ), (17 R ,23 S ), and (17 R ,23 R )-isomers showed dramatical differences larger than 5 ppm [ 12 , 13 ]. Therefore, the absolute configurations of C-17 and C-23 for 1 were highly close to that of (17 S ,23 S )-isomer reported in the literature [ 12 ], and both determined to be S -configuration based on comparison of NMR spectroscopic data (C-20 ( δ C 43.4), C-22 ( δ C 44.6), and C-24 ( δ C 44.9)) with those of similar structures. The Me-21 and Me-27 were assigned as α - and β -orientation, respectively, based on the ROESY correlations of H-18 ( δ H 1.15) with H-20 ( δ H 2.14), H-24 α ( δ H 2.36) with H-21 ( δ H 0.91) and H-25 ( δ H 3.02), and H-24 β ( δ H 1.96) with H-27 ( δ H 1.23).…”