L. Murray et al., APLIDITES (A-G) - MACROCYCLIC ORTHONITRITES FROM AN AUSTRALIAN TUNICATE, APLIDIUM SP, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 48(7), 1995, pp. 1253-1266
An Australian marine tunicate Aplidium sp. collected from the Great Au
stralian Eight has been found to contain seven macrocyclic alkaloids,
identified as the novel marine metabolites aplidites A-G (1)-(7). Each
aplidite incorporates a hitherto undescribed orthonitrite functionali
ty. Structures for the aplidites were secured by detailed spectroscopi
c analysis, derivatization and degradation.