
%0 Journal Article
%A Bowden, BF 
%A Coll, JC 
%A Liyanage, N 
%A Mitchell, SJ 
%A Stokie, GJ 
%A Altena, IAV 
%T Studies of Australian soft corals. IV. A novel bicyclic diterpene from <I>Lobophytum hedleyi</I>
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1978/01/01
%V 31
%N 1
%P 163-170
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9780163
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9780163 
%X A new bicyclic diterpene, (3E,5E)-2-methyl-6-[(2'R*,4a'S*,8a'R*)-4a'-methyl-8'-methylene-trans-perhydronaphthalen-2'-yl]hepta-3,5-dien-2-ol (1), is reported as the major terpenoid component from Lobophytum hedleyi. It represents the first non-cembranoid diterpene to be reported from soft corals. A minor component in the coral is tentatively identified as the 7-hydroxy derivative of (1). Evidence for the structure of (1) is mainly spectroscopic but final proof rests on degradation and conversion into a known compound. 
