In 2003, Wei and co-workers reported the isolation and structural elucidation of the polygalolides A (1) and B (2) obtained from Polygala fallax Hemsl., a medicinal plant from which extracts are used as tonics and antihepatitis drugs in China.[1] The structure and relative configuration of the polygalolides were determined on the basis of NMR spectroscopic data. However, the issue of the absolute stereochemistry of the molecules ...
