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Mikhail Elyashberg
The structure of aspochalasin H1 (molecular formula C24H35NO5) was elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy, and comparisons with the reported literature. The CASE-based structure elucidation was carried out by Structure Elucidator Suite in half a minute.

Mikhail Elyashberg
Many corrections of erroneous structures published in the literature have been made with the help of Structure Elucidator Suite. In this example, we were interested to know what the result of using Structure Elucidator for the revision of the plebeianiol A structure would be if the NMR data presented in the work of Liang and collaborators were used.

Mikhail Elyashberg
Analysis of the chemical components of the marine bacterium Saccharomonospora sp. CNQ-490 carried out by Fenical and coworkers yielded three novel compounds, including saccharobisindole (molecular formula C26H28N2O3). Its chemical structure was elucidated by the interpretation of 1D, 2D NMR (HSQC, HMBC and COSY), and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) data.

Sherry Myles
Natural products remain one of the major sources of coveted, biologically active compounds. Each isolated compound undergoes biological testing, and its structure is usually established using a set of spectroscopic techniques (NMR, MS, UV-IR, ECD, VCD, etc.). However, the number of erroneously determined structures remains noticeable. Structure revisions are very costly, as they usually require...

Mikhail Elyashberg
Sung et al. isolated two new caryophyllene-type sesquiterpenoids, rumphellol A and B, from the Rumphella antipathies gorgorian coral. These compounds contain a 9-membered ring fused with a cyclobutane ring, which is rarely observed in natural products. We used ACD/Structure Elucidator to confirm the structure of rumphellol A (molecular formula C15H24O2).

Sherry Myles
Structure Elucidator Suite was used to determine the structures of two enantiomers of dihydro-2-fluorodeschloroketamine (dihydro-2-FDCK), contributing to the findings of this article. These findings provide an important reference for analyzing other oxidative metabolites, laying the foundation for future analysis, prediction, elucidation and identification of the latest ketamine-type new psychoactive substance metabolites.

Sherry Myles
The previously undescribed natural product lumnitzeralactone, which represents a derivative of ellagic acid, was isolated from the anti-bacterial extract of the Indonesian mangrove species Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. The structure of lumnitzeralactone, a proton-deficient and highly challenging condensed aromatic ring system, was unambiguously elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses involving high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), 1D 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic...

Sherry Myles
The structure of a new isolate, ominoxanthone, could not be solved from the interpretation of the usual set of 1D/2D NMR data, so a Computer-Assisted Structure Elucidation (CASE) workflow (Structure Elucidator Suite) was used to rank the different possible structure candidates consistent with the scarce spectroscopic data.

Mikhail Elyashberg
Using the traditional method of structure elucidation based on analysis of HSQC, HMBC and COSY data, the authors deduced a large part of the molecular structure, but the lack of carbons bearing hydrogen atoms prevented them to assemble the full structure. To alleviate this problem, ACD/Structure Elucidator was utilized in Trichopsistide A, molecular formula C23H29NO5.