Rare biscoumarins and a chlorogenic acid derivative from Erycibe obtusifolia.

Three coumarins, 7,7'-dihydroxy-6,6'-dimethoxy-3,3'-biscoumarin (1), 7,7'-dihydroxy-6,6'-dimethoxy-8,8'-biscoumarin (2) and 7-O-[4'-O-(3'',4''-dihydroxycinnamyl)-beta-d-glucopyranosyl]-6-methoxycoumarin (3), and a chlorogenic acid derivative, methyl-3-O-(4''-hydroxy-3'',5''-dimethoxybenzoyl)-chlorogenate (4) were isolated from the roots of Erycibe obtusifolia along with four known coumarins, scopoletin (5), scopolin (6), cleomiscosin A (7) and cleomiscosin B (8). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Among them, compounds (1) and (2) are rare carbon-carbon linked symmetrical biscoumarins.