Decaryiol, a new cembrane diterpene from the marine soft coral Sarcophyton decaryi

S Carmely, A Groweiss, Y Kashman

Index: Carmely, Shmuel; Groweiss, Amiram; Kashman, Yoel Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 46, # 21 p. 4279 - 4284

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Abstract

The petroleum ether extract of the soft coral Sarcophyton decaryi yielded the cembrane-type diterpenes thunbergol (l), decaryiol (4), and 3, 4-epoxynephthenol (13) in addition to nephthenol and trocheliophorol as reported previously. Compounds 4 and 13 are new and were characterized by spectral data, degradative studies by ozonolysis, and chemical transformations. Nephthenol reacts eth tetrabromocyclohexadienone to give 11, the 3- ...