Rj. Capon et al., Structure revision and assignment of absolute stereochemistry of a marine C-21 bisfuranoterpene, J NAT PROD, 64(5), 2001, pp. 638-639
The C-21 bisfuranoterpene (-)-isotetradehydrofurospongin-1 (6), previously
isolated from a Western Australian Spongia sp., has been reisolated from a
specimen of Spirastrella papilosa collected during scientific trawling oper
ations in the Great Australian Eight. A 2D NMR analysis of 6 has prompted r
eassignment of the published structure 5, while degradation and chiral HPLC
analysis have allowed determination of the absolute stereochemistry.