A New <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Dimethyl Purine from an Australian <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dictyoceratid Sponge</Emphasis>

Abstract  

N6-methyl mucronatine (C₈H₁₂N₅O) has been isolated from a dictyoceratid sponge collected in South East Queensland. The solid state structure of the new metabolite (I) was confirmed by X-ray crystallography, while an NMR study in d ₄-MeOH reveals the presence of a minor tautomer identified as (II).