Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB), Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (Na), Italy
Abstract:
The re-investigation of the Mediterranean opisthobranch Thuridilla hopei resulted in the isolation and chemical characterization of three novel nor-diterpene aldehydes, nor-thuridillonals 2–4, structurally related to co-occurring already reported thuridillins. Analogous with the thuridillins, the new molecules were thought to derive from the same dietary precursor epoxylactone 1.