New meroterpenoids from the Ascidian Aplidium conicum

J Nat Prod. 2002 Sep;65(9):1328-31. doi: 10.1021/np020176+.

Abstract

The ascidian Aplidium conicum from Tarifa Island contains the four new meroterpenoids conidione (1), conicol (2), 2-[(1'E)-3'-methoxy-3',7'-dimethylocta-1',6'-dienyl]benzene-1,4-diol (3), and conitriol (4) together with five related known compounds (5-9). It is proposed that the nonaromatic compound conidione (1) was derived by cyclization of an intermediate conitriol quinone 11. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by interpretation of spectral data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Animals
  • Cyclization
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Spain
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Terpenes / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Urochordata / chemistry*

Substances

  • Terpenes