The Oxeatamides: Nitrogenous Spongian Diterpenes from the New Zealand Marine Sponge Darwinella oxeata

As part of our ongoing search for novel and bioactive compounds from New Zealand marine organisms, we investigated the extracts of the sponge Darwinella oxeata. NMR-guided fractionation led to the isolation of nine new nitrogenous spongian diterpenes, oxeatamide A (1), iso-oxeatamide A (2), oxeatamides B-G (3-8), and oxeatamide A 23-methyl ester (9), as well as two known compounds, membranolides C and D (10, 11).