Contignasterol, a highly oxygenated steroid with the unnatural 14.beta. configuration from the marine sponge Petrosia contignata Thiele, 1899
摘要:
Contignasterol (1), a highly oxygenated steroid with the ''unnatural'' 14-beta proton configuration and a cyclic hemiacetal functionality in its side chain, has been isolated from the marine sponge Petrosia contignata. The structure of contignasterol was elucidated via spectroscopic studies of its tetraacetate 2 and its reduction product pentaacetate 5. Contignasterol (1) is the first example of a naturally occurring steroid with the ''unnatural'' 14-beta proton configuration.