Hamigerans R and S: Nitrogenous Diterpenoids from the New Zealand Marine Sponge Hamigera tarangaensis

J Nat Prod. 2018 Feb 23;81(2):387-393. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00960. Epub 2018 Jan 26.

Abstract

Seven new members of the hamigeran family of diterpenoids have been isolated from the New Zealand marine sponge Hamigera tarangaensis. Among the new additions are hamigeran R (1), considered to be the first benzonitrile-based marine natural product, and hamigeran S (2), the first dimeric structure in the series. The formation of 1 and 2 is thought to occur via the reaction of hamigeran G with a nitrogen source, where the nitrile carbon of 1 is derived from the terpenoid skeleton.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Naphthoquinones / chemistry*
  • New Zealand
  • Nitrogen / chemistry*
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / chemistry

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Diterpenes
  • Naphthoquinones
  • Terpenes
  • Carbon
  • Nitrogen