New briarein diterpenes from the Caribbean gorgonians Erythropodium caribaeorum and Briareum sp
摘要:
Seven new erythrolides (3-9) and the known briarein diterpenes erythrolide A (1) and erythrolide B (2) have been isolated from the gorgonian Erythropodium caribaeorum collected in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Jamaica. A Briareum sp. of gorgonian yielded nine new briarein diterpenes (10-18), which have been named briareolides. The structures of these compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods, especially one- and two-dimensional NMR. The structure and absolute stereochemistry of briareolide B (11) was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Some of the briareolides have displayed antiinflammatory activity.