Rare Casbane Diterpenoids from the Hainan Soft Coral Sinularia depressa
摘要:
A series of nine casbane diterpenes, compounds 5-13. exhibiting either cis or trans ring junctions were isolated from the Hainan soft coral Sinularia depressa. The structures of this group of compounds, the basic member of which was named depressin (5), were established by detailed spectroscopic analysis. In addition, the absolute configuration of the main metabolite, 10-hydroxydepressin (7), and of its epimer, 1-epi-10-hydroxydepressin (8). was determined by it combination of conformational analysis and the modified Mosher's method. A stereochemical relationship between all isolated molecules was investigated by analyzing then circular dichroism profiles. Antiproliferative and antibacterial activities of the depressins were also evaluated.