
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bowden, BF 
A1  - Coll, JC 
A1  - Mitchell, SJ 
A1  - Stokie, GJ 
T1  - Studies of Australian soft corals. VII. Two new diterpenes from an unknown species of soft coral (genus <I>Lobophytum</I>)
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 31
IS  - 6
SP  - 1303
EP  - 1312
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9781303 
N2  - Two new diterpenes have been isolated from a soft coral of the genus Lobophytum. One is shown to be a cembranolide diterpene (1) containing a novel a-keto epoxide grouping while the second compound (2) is unique in the soft coral literature in that it possesses a 13-membered carbocyclic ring. This was presumably derived from rearrangement of (1) within the coral. The structure assignments rely heavily on spectroscopy, but are consistent with chemical transformations. 
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