Sesquiterpenes from red alga Laurencia tristicha

Three naturally new sesquiterpenes named 10-hydroxyepiaplysin, 10-hydroxyaplysin and 10-hydroxybromoepiaplysin have been isolated from Laurencia tristicha. On the basis of the spectroscopic techniques their structures were elucidated as (3S, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)-(-)-2, 3, 3 alpha, 8 beta-tetrahydro-7-bromo-3-hydroxy-3, 3 alpha, 6,8 beta-tetramethyl-1H-cyclopenta[b]benzofuran, (3R, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)(-)-2,3,3 alpha, 8 beta-tetrahydro-7-bromo-3-hydroxy-3, 3 alpha,6,8 beta-tetratnethyl-1H-cyclopenta[b]benzofuran and (3S, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)-(-)-2, 3,3 alpha,8 beta-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-3,3 alpha,6,8 beta-tetrainethyl-1H-cyclopenta[blbenzofuran, respectively.

Three naturally new sesquiterpenes named 10-hydroxyepiaplysin, 10-hydroxyaplysin and 10-hydroxybromoepiaplysin have been isolated from Laurencia tristicha. On the basis of the spectroscopic techniques their structures were elucidated as (3S, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)-(-)-2, 3, 3 alpha, 8 beta-tetrahydro-7-bromo-3-hydroxy-3, 3 alpha, 6,8 beta-tetramethyl-1H-cyclopenta[b]benzofuran, (3R, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)(-)-2,3,3 alpha, 8 beta-tetrahydro-7-bromo-3-hydroxy-3, 3 alpha,6,8 beta-tetratnethyl-1H-cyclopenta[b]benzofuran and (3S, 3 alpha R, 8 beta S)-(-)-2, 3,3 alpha,8 beta-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-3,3 alpha,6,8 beta-tetrainethyl-1H-cyclopenta[blbenzofuran, respectively.