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An unusual sesquiterpene derivative from the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia rigida
H T D'Armas1, B S Mootoo, W F Reynolds
1Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Journal of Natural Products
|November 23, 2000
Abstract:
A new sesquiterpene derivative named mochiquinone (1) was isolated from the Caribbean gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia rigida collected off northeastern Venezuela, along with the known compounds, alpha-curcumene, (-)-curcuphenol, (-)-curcuquinone, and (-)-curcuhydroquinone. The structure of the new compound was determined by spectroscopic analysis of its acetylated derivative and comparison with known compounds.