3Alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triacetoxy-5beta-cholanic acid, a steroid from the Formosan soft coral Alcyonium sp. (Alcyoniidae).
Chemical investigation of the organic extract of a soft coral belonging to the genus Alcyonium furnished a steroid, 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triacetoxy-5beta-cholanic acid (1). The structure of steroid 1 was assigned on the basis of spectroscopic evidence, particularly in 1D and 2D NMR experiments. The configuration of steroid 1 was further supported by molecular mechanics calculations.
Chen
Wen-Chen
WC
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Sheu
Jyh-Horng
JH
Fang
Lee-Shing
LS
Hu
Wan-Ping
WP
Sung
Ping-Jyun
PJ
D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013256:Steroids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
C513844:3,7,12-triacetoxycholanic acid; D002793:Cholic Acids; D013256:Steroids