Deoxyspongiaquinones: New Sesquiterpene Quinones and Hydroquinones From a Southern Australian Marine Sponge Euryspongia sp.

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 611 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Urban ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Chemical Investigation ◽  
Great Australian Bight

Chemical investigation of a marine sponge, Euryspongia sp., collected from the Great Australian Bight, Australia, resulted in the isolation of two new sesquiterpene quinones , deoxyspongiaquinone (4) and (E)-chlorodeoxyspongiaquinone (5), as well as two sesquiterpene hydroquinones, deoxyspongiaquinol (6) and (E)-chlorodeoxyspongiaquinol (7). The structures for (4)-(7) were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis, as well as chemical interconversion and degradation.

Spongiaquinone Revisited: Structural and Stereochemical Studies on Marine Sesquiterpene/Quinones From a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Spongia sp.

1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ Capon ◽  
DR Groves ◽  
S Urban ◽  
RG Watson
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Potassium Salt ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Chemical Investigation ◽  
Chiroptical Properties ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
Absolute Stereochemistry ◽  
Unambiguous Assignment

A chemical investigation of a large purple sponge, Spongia sp., from the Great Australian Bight, resulted in the isolation of a new sesquiterpene/quinone (8), together with the known compounds dehydrocyclospongiaquinone-1 (4) and spongiaquinone (2). The last compound was also isolated as the potassium salt (9), this being the first recorded account of a naturally occurring marine sesquiterpene/quinone salt. The structure for (8) was assigned by detailed spectroscopic analysis. A re-investigation into the stereostructure of spongiaquinone (2) resulted in the first unambiguous assignment of absolute stereochemistry, and uncovered the peculiar chiroptical properties of spongiaquinone (2) and its potassium salt (9).

New Oxygenated Sesquiterpenes From a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Dictyodendrilla sp.

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1757 ◽  
Author(s):  
NH Tran ◽  
JNA Hooper ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Chemical Investigation

Chemical investigation of a Dictyodendrilla sp. from Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, yielded three new oxygenated sesquiterpenes, dictyodendrillin -A (6), -B (7) and -C (8), together with the known sesquiterpene dendrolasin (9). Structures for all these metabolites were established by spectroscopic analysis.

Sigmosceptrins A - C: New Norditerpenes from a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Sigmosceptrella sp.

1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Bassett, ◽  
Simon P. B. Ovenden ◽  
Robert W. Gable ◽  
Robert J. Capon
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Ethyl Ester ◽  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Chemical Degradation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Great Australian Bight

A Sigmosceptrella sp. of sponge collected during trawling operations in the Great Australian Bight, Australia, has yielded a series of new norterpenes. These include a new bisnorditerpene, sigmosceptrin-A (5); two new norditerpenes, sigmosceptrin-B (14) and sigmosceptrin-C (15), isolated as their methyl esters (6) and (7) respectively; and an ethylated artefact, sigmosceptrin-B ethyl ester (8). Complete stereostructures were assigned to the sigmosceptrins by spectroscopic analysis, chemical degradation, derivatization, and by a single-crystal X-ray structural analysis. A biosynthetic pathway is proposed that requires a common biosynthetic precursor to both the sigmosceptrins and norterpene cyclic peroxides.

Cometins (A-C), New Furanosesterterpenes From an Australian Marine Sponge, Spongia sp.

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Urban ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Ethanol Extract ◽  
Chemical Derivatization ◽  
Tetronic Acid ◽  
Antibiotic Property ◽  
Great Australian Bight

The known marine furanosesterterpene furospinosulin-1 (1), together with three new furanosesterterpenes, namely cometin-A (2), cometin-B (3) and cometin-C (4), were isolated from a marine sponge, Spongia sp., collected during commercial trawling operations in the Great Australian Bight. The structures of these metabolites were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis and chemical derivatization . The antibiotic property of the crude ethanol extract of this sponge was attributed solely to the furanosesterterpene tetronic acid cometin -A (2).

Mirabilins (A-F): New Alkaloids From a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Arenochalina mirabilis

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Barrow ◽  
LM Murray ◽  
TK Lim ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Great Australian Bight

An Australian marine sponge Arenochalina mirabilis (Lendenfeld 1887) collected from the Great Australian Bight has been found to contain six tricyclic alkaloids, mirabilins A-F (5)-(10), isolated and identified as their N-acetyl derivatives (11)-(16). Structures for the mirabilins were secured by detailed spectroscopic analysis.

The Luffarins (A-Z), Novel Terpenes From an Australian Marine Sponge, Luffariella geometrica

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1705 ◽  
Author(s):  
MS Butler ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Marine Natural Products ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Marine Metabolites ◽  
Chemical Correlation ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
Absolute Stereochemistry

A marine sponge, Luffariella geometrica Kirkpatrick, collected from the southern Australian coastal waters of the Great Australian Bight, has been found to contain 14 new bicyclic sesterterpenes, luffarin-A (14), -B (15), -C (16), -D (17), -E (18), -F (19), -G (20), -H (21), -I (22), -J (23), -K (24), -L (25), -M (26) and -N (27), a new bicyclic bisnorsesterterpene, luffarin-O (30), a new monocyclic sesterterpene, luffarin-P (32), six new acyclic sesterterpenes, luffarin-Q (35), -R (36), -S (37), -T (38), -U (39) and -V (40), two new diterpenes, luffarin-W (41) and -X (44), and two new bisnorditerpenes luffarin-Y (45) and -Z (46). These novel marine metabolites have been assigned structures, including stereochemistry, on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analysis, chemical correlation, derivatization, and biosynthetic considerations. Studies directed at the absolute stereochemistry of the luffarins have also permitted assignment of absolute stereochemistry to the known marine natural products (E)-neomanoalide (3), (Z)-neomanoalide (4) and dehydroambliol-A (47).

Two New Scalarane Sesterterpenes: Isoscalarafuran-A and -B, Epimeric Alcohols From a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Spongia hispida

1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Davis ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Molecular Modelling ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Model Compounds ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
New Metabolites

A specimen of the marine sponge Spongia hispida ( Lamarck , 1814), collected in the Great Australian Bight, has yielded the known marine sesterterpene hyrtiosal (1), together with two new scalarane sesterterpenes, isoscalarafuran-A (2) and isoscalarafuran -B (3). The structures for these two new metabolites were secured by detailed spectroscopic analysis, comparison with model compounds, and molecular modelling.

cis-3-Hydroxy-N-methyl-L-proline: a New Amino Acid from a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Dendrilla sp.

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Capon ◽  
Simon P. B. Ovenden ◽  
Tim Dargaville
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Natural Abundance ◽  
Chemical Derivatization ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
Very High

A specimen of the sponge Dendrilla sp. collected during commercial trawling operations in the Great Australian Bight, Australia, analyses for a very high natural abundance of the new amino acid cis-3-hydroxy-N-methyl-L-proline (1). The complete stereostructure for (1) was determined by spectroscopic analysis and chemical derivatization.

scholarly journals New from Old: Thorectandrin Alkaloids in a Southern Australian Marine Sponge, Thorectandra choanoides (CMB-01889)

Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Shamsunnahar Khushi ◽  
Angela A. Salim ◽  
Ahmed H. Elbanna ◽  
Laizuman Nahar ◽  
Robert J. Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Transformation Products ◽  
Chemical Fractionation ◽  
Cancer Tissue ◽  
Michael Acceptor ◽  
Michael Acceptors ◽  
Stable Ring

Thorectandra choanoides (CMB-01889) was prioritized as a source of promising new chemistry from a library of 960 southern Australian marine sponge extracts, using a global natural products social (GNPS) molecular networking approach. The sponge was collected at a depth of 45 m. Chemical fractionation followed by detailed spectroscopic analysis led to the discovery of a new tryptophan-derived alkaloid, thorectandrin A (1), with the GNPS cluster revealing a halo of related alkaloids 1a–1n. In considering biosynthetic origins, we propose that Thorectandrachoanoides (CMB-01889) produces four well-known alkaloids, 6-bromo-1′,8-dihydroaplysinopsin (2), 6-bromoaplysinopsin (3), aplysinopsin (4), and 1′,8-dihydroaplysinopsin (10), all of which are susceptible to processing by a putative indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-like (IDO) enzyme to 1a–1n. Where the 1′,8-dihydroalkaloids 2 and 10 are fully transformed to stable ring-opened thorectandrins 1 and 1a–1b, and 1h–1j, respectively, the conjugated precursors 3 and 4 are transformed to highly reactive Michael acceptors that during extraction and handling undergo complete transformation to artifacts 1c–1g, and 1k–1n, respectively. Knowledge of the susceptibility of aplysinopsins as substrates for IDOs, and the relative reactivity of Michael acceptor transformation products, informs our understanding of the pharmaceutical potential of this vintage marine pharmacophore. For example, the cancer tissue specificity of IDOs could be exploited for an immunotherapeutic response, with aplysinopsins transforming in situ to Michael acceptor thorectandrins, which covalently bind and inhibit the enzyme.

Carduusynes (A-E): Acetylenic Acids From a Great Australian Bight Marine Sponge Phakellia carduus

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1901 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Barrow ◽  
RJ Capon
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Ethyl Esters ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
Acetylenic Acids

The marine sponge Phakellia carduus obtained during commercial trawling operations in the Great Australian Bight yielded a series of new C23 acetylenic acids, carduusynes (A-E) [(3)-(7)], which were isolated, characterized and identified as their respective ethyl esters [(8)-(12)].

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