Dolabriferols B and C, non-contiguous polypropionate esters from the tropical sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera

Tetrahedron Lett. 2012 Dec 5;53(49):6641-6645. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.09.068.

Abstract

The Caribbean mollusc Dolabrifera dolabrifera from Puerto Rico contains two new propionate-derived metabolites, dolabriferol B and C (2 and 3), in addition to the known compound dolabriferol (1). The structures of dolabriferol B (2) and C (3) were established by comparison of their spectral data with those of 1, and the absolute configuration of 2 was determined from chemical degradation studies. The structure of dolabriferol C (3) was confirmed by X-ray analysis.