Structure of an unsaturated fatty acid with unique vicinal dimethyl branches isolated from the Okinawan soft coral of the genus Sinularia.
A new unsaturated fatty acid with unique vicinal dimethyl branches was isolated from the Okinawan soft coral of the genus Sinularia. The structure of the compound was determined based on the results of spectroscopic analysis and chemical conversion. The absolute configuration was deduced by applying the Ohrui-Akasaka method.
School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. kinzo@ls.toyaku.ac.jp
Kinzo
K
Watanabe
Ryota
R
Makino
Haruko
H
Takahashi
Kazuo
K
Iguchi
Hiroshi
H
Ohrui
Kazuaki
K
Akasaka
D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006835:Hydrazones / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D000432:Methanol; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012997:Solvents; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
C530048:6,7-dimethylhexadec-7-enoic acid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006835:Hydrazones; D012997:Solvents; C012483:phenylhydrazone; D000432:Methanol