文摘
Seven new tetracyclic biscembranes (1−7) have been isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum. Four (1−4) may be formed biogenetically by a Diels−Alder reaction of Δ4(5) and Δ8(9) geometrical isomers of methyl sarcoate and Δ21(34), 35(36) dienes, including two with a tetrahydrofuran ring between C-27 and C-30 (3, 4), and three biscembranes (5−7) are probably derived from methyl sarcoate isomers with Δ1(14), 4(5), 8(9) and a cembrane diene. Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods. Six of them (1−5, 7) exhibited weak cytotoxic activity against proliferation of human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60).