Abstract:
Fourteen new geranyl phenyl ethers (
1 –
14 ) along with three known compounds (
15 –
17 ) were isolated from
Illicium micranthum, and their structures were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic methods. Illimicranins A–H (
1 –
8 ) were characterized as geranyl vanillin ethers, while
9 and
10 were dimethyl acetal derivatives. Illimicranins I and J (
11 and
12 ) were rare geranyl isoeugenol ethers. Illimicranins K and L (
13 and
14 ) represented the first example of geranyl guaiacylacetone ether and geranyl zingerone ether, respectively. Compounds
1 ,
2 and
15 exhibited anti-HBV (hepatitis B virus) activity against HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen) and HBeAg (hepatitis B e antigen) secretion, and HBV DNA replication.