
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bowden, BF 
A1  - Coll, JC 
A1  - Dai, MC 
T1  - Studies of Australian Soft Corals. XLIII. The Structure Elucidation of a New Diterpene From <I>Alcyonium molle</I>
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1989
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
SP  - 665
EP  - 673
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9890665 
N2  - The isolation of a new cladiellin based diterpene (6), (1S,2R,3S,4R,SR,6S,8E,11S,12R,13S,14S)-3-acetoxy-2,12-dibutanoyloxycladiell-8-ene-4,11-diol is reported from the soft coral Alcyonium molle (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae). The structure was deduced by high-field n.m.r. spectroscopy including 13C-lH shift correlated 2D n.m.r. experiments and n.O.e. measurements. The absolute configuration was based on the kinetic resolution method of Horeau. This highly derivatized  diterpene (6) is the first alcyonacean derived metabolite to possess hydroxy functionalities protected as butyrate esters, although this feature is relatively common among gorgonacean metabolites. Gorgosterol (7), which cooccurs with (6) in A. molle was identified and its 13C n.m.r. spectrum reported for the first time. 
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