Further bioactive acetylenic compounds from the Caribbean sponge Cribrochalina vasculum

J Nat Prod. 1992 Sep;55(9):1275-80. doi: 10.1021/np50087a015.

Abstract

In addition to the known 3-hydroxydocosa-(4E, 15E)-dien-1-yne [1], 3-hydroxy-16-methyleicos-(4E)-en-1-yne [2], and 3-hydroxy-19-methyleicos-(4E)-en-1-yne [3], the lipophilic extract of the Caribbean sponge Cribrochalina vasculum was shown to contain four new bioactive acetylene metabolites, (3R)-hydroxy-14-methyldocos-(4E)-en-1-yne [4], (3R)-hydroxy-16-methyleicos-1-yne [7], (3R)-hydroxy-19-methyleicos-1-yne [8], and docosa-(3E, 15Z)-dien-1-yne [9], whose structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectral studies. The previously unassigned chirality at C-3 of the known compounds 1-3 has been also established as R.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / chemistry
  • Acetylene / isolation & purification*
  • Acetylene / toxicity
  • Animals
  • Artemia / physiology*
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Porifera / chemistry*

Substances

  • Acetylene