“…Analysis of the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopic data (Tables and ) indicated signals for a trisubstituted olefinic bond [δ H 6.63 (s, H-3); δ C 145.1 (C-3) and 112.4 (C-4)], a hemiketal methine [δ H 6.60 (d, J = 1.8 Hz, H-1); δ C 89.3 (C-1)], and an oxymethylene [δ H 4.24 and 4.13 (each 1H, J = 12.0, H 2 -10); δ C 67.4 (C-10)]. These data, and the presence of one oxygenated quaternary carbon at δ 69.5 (C-5) and six ester carbonyls at δ C 170.6, 171.2, 169.8, 170.7, 169.9, and 173.2, led to the conclusion that compound 1 is a 5-hydroxy-5,6-dihydrovaltrate hydrin-type iridoid with acyloxy substituents. , In addition, four acyloxy substituents were readily assigned by comparison with the 1 H and 13 C NMR data from the reported valepotriates as an isovaleroxy, an acetoxy, a β-(acetoxy)isovaleroxy, and an α-(isovaleroxy)isovaleroxy group, respectively. ,,,− Analysis of the HSQC and 1 H− 1 H COSY spectra of 1 provided unambiguous assignments of proton and carbon signals in the NMR spectra. The connectivities of the acyloxy substituents to the iridoid nucleus were fully assigned by a HMBC experiment.…”