“…The 1 H- and 13 C-NMR spectra (Table 1) displayed signals for seven tertiary methyl groups [δ H 0.97, 0.98, 1.00, 1.05, 1.082, 1.084, 1.13 (each s)], an oxymethylene [δ H 4.08, 4.16 (each d); δ C 72.9 (t)], two oxymethines [δ H 3.54 (brs), 4.95 (t); δ C 73.8 (d), 78.1 (d)], a tetrasubstituted olefin [δ C 135.3 (s), 139.7 (s)], and two benzoyl groups [δ H 7.43 (tt), 7.45 (tt), 7.54 (tt), 7.55 (tt), 8.04 (dd), 8.05 (dd); δ C 128.3 (d), 128.4 (d), 129.4 (d), 129.6 (d), 130.7 (s), 130.8 (s), 132.6 (d), 132.7 (d), 166.3 (s), 166.6 (s)]. The above data suggested that the structure of 2 is similar to that of 7α-methoxymultiflor-8-ene-3α,29-diol 3-acetate-29-benzoate [9], except for the lack of the 3- O -acetyl group and the existence of a 3- O -benzoyl group. In the HMBC experiment, the following correlations were observed: H 2 -29 [δ H 4.08, 4.16 (each d)] to 29-O C O [δ C 166.6 (s)]; H-3 [δ H 4.95 (t)] to 3-O C O [δ C 166.3 (s)]; H-5 and H-6α to C-7 [δ C 73.8 (d)]; H-6α, H-7β, and Me-26 to C-8 [δ C 135.3 (s)]; H-7β, H 2 -11 and Me-25 to C-9 [δ C 139.7 (s)].…”