Isolation and X-ray Structure of Deoxycholic Acid from the Sponge Ircinia sp
2011 ◽
Vol 6
(9)
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pp. 1934578X1100600
Keyword(s):
X Ray
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Ethyl acetate extract of the sponge Ircinia sp., collected by SCUBA divers off the coast of southern India, contained a cholest-based sterol of insignificant antimicrobial activity, with one carboxylic acid side chain (3α, 7β-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid, DCA). The structure of the compound was determined by spectroscopic data and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. DCA crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P41212, chirality documented by solution optical rotation [α]D = +67.4° ( c 0.16, CHCl3).