ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The sponge Cacospongia scalaris (family Thorectidae), collected at the Cap de Nice (Cǒte d'Azur), is shown to contain a series of truncated, linear C21 difuran terpenoids comprising the known sponge products furospongin-1 ((+)-1), furospongin-2 (2), and dihydrofurospongin-2 ((-)-(E)-3), besides the new products cacospongione A ((-)-4), cacospongienone A ((-)-(Z)-6), and cacospongienone B ((-)-(E)-6), whose absolute configurations have been assigned by chemical correlations with (+)-1. Possibly, one of the two cacospongienones is an artifact, as these two terpenoids interconvert on standing. This is the first finding of linear C21 difuran terpenoids, which are typical of the Spongiidae, in a member of the family Thorectidae.
Additional Material:
2 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19860690325