“…1 H and 13 C NMR chemical shift calculations were performed to assign the relative configuration for C-7 and C-8 on the compounds 3a / 3b (Tables S2–S7) and C-7″ and C-8″ on 3a -DCYA adduct 4a (Tables S8–S10) using the CP3 () and DP4+ () probability analysis. , The ligand preparation (3D energy-minimized structure), conformational search, and geometry optimizations of the above compounds were performed using the procedure described earlier. , In brief, the 2D structures of compounds (7 R ,8 R )-7,4′-oxyneolignans ( 3 ), (7 S ,8 R )- 3 , (7″ R ,8″ R )-DCYA-adducts ( 4 ), and (7″ S ,8″ R )- 4 were drawn to include syn - 3 , anti - 3 , syn - 4 , and anti - 4 , respectively, in the 2D sketcher module of Maestro 12.6.144 (Schrödinger LLC, New York, NY, USA). The structures were prepared at physiological pH 7.4 with the LigPrep module implemented in the Schrödinger software (Schrödinger LLC, New York, NY, USA) using the OPLS3e force field .…”