title: New xenicane diterpenes isolated from the acetone extract of the soft coral Xenia florida.
abstract: Six new xenicane diterpenes have been isolated from the acetone extract of the soft coral Xenia florida. Two of them are diterpenes containing a bicyclic [4.3.1] ring system. Three of them seem to be precursors for diterpenes possessing the bicyclic [4.3.1] ring system. One is a common monocarbocyclic diterpene with a cyclononane skeleton.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan. iwagawa@sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakatani
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone; D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012997:Solvents; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D012997:Solvents; D000096:Acetone