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Marine natural products X elatol, a halogenated sesquiterpene alcohol from the red alga Laurencia elata.

✍ Scribed by James J. Sims; George H.Y. Lin; Richard M. Wing


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1974
Tongue
French
Weight
182 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


The algal genus Laurencia ~~ode~laceae) has recently been shown to be a rich source of halogenated sesquiterpenes Za-c of the chamigrene type. Our further investigation of this genus has turned up a new sesqufterpene alcohol containing bromine and chlorine, elatol, J_. Elatol is the major constituent of I. elata collected from the coast of New South Wales, Australia. A new feature in elatol is its vinyl chlorine, with the chlorine one carbon removed from where it is found in all other related compounds kf_. prepacifeno?, 2) Br Br