Aplysiasecosterols B and C: two new 9,11-secosteroids with a cis-fused 1,4-quinone structure from the sea hare Aplysia kurodai
文摘
Two new 9,11-secosteroids with a cis-fused 3β,5β-dihydroxy-1,4-quinone structure, aplysiasecosterols B and C, were isolated from the sea hare Aplysia kurodai. Their structures were determined by 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis, molecular modeling studies, and a modified Mosher’s method. Aplysiasecosterol B might be the biosynthetic precursor of aplysiasecosterol A, another 9,11-secosteroid with a tricyclic γ-diketone structure from A. kurodai, via two α-ketol rearrangements and intramolecular acetalization.