Coscinoquinol, a New Cytotoxic Sesterterpene From a Dictyoceratid Sponge, Coscinoderma sp.

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
GV Alea ◽  
AR Carroll ◽  
BF Bowden

A marine sponge, Coscinoderma sp., from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, contained a new sesterterpene hydroquinone, coscinoquinol (1). The structure was elucidated by one-dimensional and two-dimensional n.m.r. techniques. Cytotoxicity and other biological activities are reported for (1).


1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunjiang Feng ◽  
Bruce F. Bowden

Two new linear cytotoxic tripeptides, virenamides D and E, have been isolated as minor constituents of extracts of the didemnid ascidianDiplosoma virens collected on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Their structures were deduced from one-dimensional and two-dimensional n.m.r. spectroscopic data, and the absolute stereochemistry of virenamide E is proven by synthesis from virenamide A.



2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce F. Bowden ◽  
Leanne Towerzey ◽  
Peter C. Junk

Samples of Dysidea herbacea collected at Pelorus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, afforded a new polybrominated diphenyl ether (1). The structure was determined by n.m.r. two-dimensional methods and by an X-ray diffraction study. N.m.r. spectral assignments for (1) and some previously reported isomeric polybrominated diphenyl ethers are discussed.



1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Dumdei ◽  
Jamie S. Simpson ◽  
Mary J. Garson ◽  
Karl A. Byriel ◽  
Colin H. L. Kennard

Three new chlorinated metabolites, namely 3-(3,3-dichloro-2-methylpropyl)-6-(3,3-dichloro-2-methyl-propylidene)-1,4-dimethylpiperazine-2,5-dione (3), 1-methyl-3-(3,3,3-trichloro-2-methylpropyl)-6-(3,3,3-richloro-2-methylpropylidene)piperazine-2,5-dione (4) and 5,5-dichloro-4-methyl-2-[methyl(4,4-dichloro-3-methyl-1-oxobutyl)amino]-N-(thiazol-2-ylmethyl)pentanamide (8), have been isolated from collections of Dysidea herbacea from the southern region of the Great Barrier Reef. The relative and absolute stereochemistry of (4) was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.



1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
MS Butler ◽  
TK Lim ◽  
RJ Capon ◽  
LS Hammond

A specimen of Ianthella basta, collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, has been found to contain the recently reported tetramer of bromotyrosine , bastadin-9 (6a), along with a new example of this structure class, bastadin-12 (9a). The structure for bastadin-12 (9a) was confirmed by detailed spectroscopic analysis and derivatization, and represents the first reported example of this structure class derived from an alternative oxidative cyclization . As earlier biosynthetic arguments to the structure elucidation of some bastadins were based on the premise that only one cyclization pathway was possible (leading to 13,32-dioxa-4,22-diazabastarane), the discovery of (9a) introduces an added dimension to the identification of new and known bastadins. Also isolated and identified as their methyl ethers were two new dimers of bromotyrosine, hemibastadin-1 (10) and hemibastadin-2 (11).



2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 498-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang-Rong Xu ◽  
Jing-Jing Yang ◽  
Juan Liu ◽  
Gui-Ge Hou ◽  
Qing-Guo Meng

Ocotillol-type saponins have a wide spectrum of biological activities. Previous studies indicated that the configuration at the C24 position may be responsible for their stereoselectivity in pharmacological action and pharmacokinetics. Natural ocotillol-type saponins share a 20(S)-form but it has been found that the 20(R)-stereoisomers have different pharmacological effects. The semisynthesis of 20(R)-ocotillol-type saponins has not been reported and it is therefore worthwhile clarifying their crystal structures. Two C24 epimeric 20(R)-ocotillol-type saponins, namely (20R,24S)-20,24-epoxydammarane-3β,12β,25-triol, C30H52O4, (III), and (20R,24R)-20,24-epoxydammarane-3β,12β,25-triol monohydrate, C30H52O4·H2O, (IV), were synthesized, and their structures were elucidated by spectral studies and finally confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The (Me)C—O—C—C(OH) torsion angle of (III) is 146.41 (14)°, whereas the corresponding torsion angle of (IV) is −146.4 (7)°, indicating a different conformation at the C24 position. The crystal stacking in (III) generates anR44(8) motif, through which the molecules are linked into a one-dimensional double chain. The chains are linkedvianonclassical C—H...O hydrogen bonds into a two-dimensional network, and further stacked into a three-dimensional structure. In contrast to (III), epimer (IV) crystallizes as a hydrate, in which the water molecules act as hydrogen-bond donors linking one-dimensional chains into a two-dimensional network through intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen-bonded chains extend helically along the crystallographicaaxis and generate aC44(8) motif.



1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lecar

“Dynamical mixing”, i.e. relaxation of a stellar phase space distribution through interaction with the mean gravitational field, is numerically investigated for a one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas. Qualitative results are presented in the form of a motion picture of the flow of phase points (representing homogeneous slabs of stars) in two-dimensional phase space.





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