Rogiolol Acetate: A Novel β-Chamigrene-Type Sesquiterpene Isolated from a Marine Sponge

The marine sponge Spongia zimocca SCHMIDT , 1862, collected in front of the torrent II Rogiolo, south of Livorno, contains the sesquiterpene rogiolol acetate (= (+)-(2R,3S,6R,8R,9R)-2,8-dibromo-9-chloro-1,1,9-trimethyl-5-methylidenespiro5.5]undec-3-yl acetate; (+)- 3a ), which represents the first chamigrane isolated from a sponge. Although compounds of this class are common in red seaweeds of the genus Laurencia, and our sponge actually contains 9-bromochamigrene and a variety of other metabolites of nearby growing Laurencia sp., (+)- 3a is unique to our sponge.