Sesterterpenes from a common marine sponge, Hyrtios erecta

J Nat Prod. 1986 Nov-Dec;49(6):1041-52. doi: 10.1021/np50048a012.

Abstract

Eleven sesterterpenes have been characterized from the biotoxic extracts of Hyrtios erecta. Their structures and stereochemistry were established by spectral properties or results from chemical interconversions. Especially valuable for establishing stereochemical features were 13C-nmr methyl shift correlations and analysis of 1H-nmr couplings and chemical shifts. The new scalarane sesterterpenes included 2, 3, 7, 9, and 10a (but 9 and 10a might be artifacts), and they were accompanied by five previously described scalaranes, 1, 4, 5a, 6, and 8, along with hyrtial (11), a novel norsesterterpene. Many of these sesterterpenes exhibited interesting biological activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Sesterterpenes
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Sesterterpenes
  • Terpenes