Trikentramides A-D, indole alkaloids from the Australian sponge Trikentrion flabelliforme

J Nat Prod. 2013 Nov 22;76(11):2100-5. doi: 10.1021/np400617h. Epub 2013 Nov 4.

Abstract

Chemical investigations of two specimens of Trikentrion flabelliforme collected from Australian waters have resulted in the identification of four new indole alkaloids, trikentramides A-D (9-12). The planar chemical structures for 9-12 were established following analysis of 1D/2D NMR and MS data. The relative configurations for 9-12 were determined following the comparison of (1)H NMR data with data previously reported for related natural products. The application of a quantum mechanical modeling method, density functional theory, confirmed the relative configurations and also validated the downfield carbon chemical shift observed for one of the quaternary carbons (C-5a) in the cyclopenta[g]indole series. The indole-2,3-dione motif present in trikentramides A-C is rare in nature, and this is the first report of these oxidized indole derivatives from a marine sponge.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Australia
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Porifera / chemistry*

Substances

  • Indole Alkaloids
  • trikentramide A