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The 1H NMR spectrum of Hectoramide B (molecular formula C34H50N4O7) was remarkably similar to that of the previously determined structure of hectoramide A. This posed a difficult structure elucidation, but by introducing minor structural constraints into Structure Elucidator Suite, this challenging problem was solved in a few minutes (in this case using the IR spectrum).

The structure of janthinolide A was established using MS spectrometry in combination with 1D and 2D NMR data (molecular formula C23H32N2O7), however it was later amended with the use of Structure Elucidator Suite combined with DFT based NMR chemical shift prediction.

The authors identified the structure of Salvicatone A in two stages, the second step being the use of Structure Elucidator Suite to validate the proposed structure.

Sonnenschein et al. investigated the fungus Pseudoalteromonas piscicida S2040 to yield pseudochelin A - a new siderophore containing a 4,5-dihydroimidazole moiety. This challenging structure containing eight heteroatoms (three atoms of nitrogen and fife atoms of oxygen) was elucidated by Structure Elucidator fully automatically in 1.5 seconds.

Sesquiterpenoids are a class of compounds known to have complex structures, and due to the wide variability of these compounds, it is often challenging to determine the exact structure. Here we discuss the incorrect determination of the structure of Nordine, and later correction; as well as the elucidation of the correct structure using CASE.

Xiao-Wei and coworkers identified a new aspergillamide C (molecular formula C28H34N4O4). To elucidate the structure of this compound, 1D NMR, HSQC, HMBC, COSY and NOESY data were entered into Structure Elucidator Suite.

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.

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.