New acetylenic alcohols from the sponge Cribrochalina vasculum

In our continuing search for biologically active compounds from marine organisms, we have isolated five new acetylenic alcohols from a sponge Cribrochaline vasculum collected in Belize. These terminal mono acetylenic compounds are simpler in structure and differ from the previously reported polyacetylenic compounds from sponges belonging to genera Cribrochaline,1 Siphonochaline,2 Petrosia,3,4 and Xestospongia.5 We report here their isolation and structure determination.

This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in The Journal of Organic Chemistry after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo00312a035. This article may be cited as: Gunasekera, S. P. & Faircloth, G. T. (1990). New acetylenic alcohols from the sponge Cribrochalina vasculum. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 55(25), 6223-6225. doi:10.1021/jo00312a035

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