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We characterized the bis-quinolizidine tetracyclic alkaloid (5 S , 6 S , 7 R , 11 R )-matrine in a supersonic jet expansion, using chirped-pulsed broadband microwave spectroscopy. Previous crystal diffraction analyses suggested 16 diastereoisomers associated with matrine's four carbon stereocenters but were inconclusive whether the lactamic nitrogen atom would additionally produce separated rans -/ cis - diastereoisomers or if both species may interconvert through low potential barriers. Our experiment simultaneously detected rans - and cis -matrine through their rotational spectrum, confirming the possibility of conformational rearrangement in matrine alkaloids. The two matrine conformers mainly differ in the envelope or half-chair lactamic ring, as evidenced by the experimental rotational and nuclear quadrupole coupling parameters. Molecular orbital calculations with ab initio (MP2) and density functional methods (B3LYP-D3(BJ) and MN15) were tested against the experiment, additionally offering an estimation of the cis -/ rans - barrier of 24.9-26.9 kJ mol -1 . The experiment illustrates the structural potential of chirped-pulsed broadband microwave spectroscopy for high-resolution rotational studies of biomolecules in the range of 20-40 atoms.

Molecular Rotation Spectrum of Tetracyclic Quinolizidines: Observation of trans-Matrine and the Elusive cis-Matrine