Two novel steroids with a cyclopropane ring at C-25 and C-26, 7-oxopetroste
rol (1) and 7 alpha -hydroxypetrosterol (2), along with two known compounds
, petrosterol (3) and 23,24-dihydrocalysterol (4), have been isolated from
the Japanese marine sponge Strongylophora corticata. The structures of 1 an
d 2 were determined as 26,27-cyclo-24,27-dimethyl-3 beta -hydroxycholest-5-
en-7-one and 26,27-cyclo-24,27-dimethylcholest-5-en-3 beta ,7 alpha -diol o
n the basis of spectroscopic investigations.