Chlorinated briarane diterpenoids from the sea whip gorgonian corals Junceella fragilis and Ellisella robusta (Ellisellidae)

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2010 Jul;58(7):928-33. doi: 10.1248/cpb.58.928.

Abstract

A new chlorinated briarane, fragilide J (1), has been isolated from the sea whip gorgonian coral Junceella fragilis. In addition, the sea whip gorgonian coral Ellisella robusta yielded two chlorinated briaranes, including a new compound, robustolide L (2), and a known metabolite, robustolide H (3). The structures of these compounds were determined using spectroscopic methods. The structure, including the absolute configuration of 3, was further confirmed by X-ray data analysis for the first time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • fragilide J
  • robustolide L