Sesquiterpenes and acetogenins from the marine red alga Laurencia okamurai

Three new halogenated sesquiterpenes, 10-bromo-7 alpha,8 alpha-expoxychamigr-1-en-3-ol (1), 10-bromo-beta-chamigren-8-ol (2), and 10-bromo-3-chlorocupar-5-en-2-ol (3), one new C-12-acetogenin, desepilaurallene (7), one new naturally occurring sesquiterpene, 7-hydroxylaurene acetate (4), two known sesquiterpenes, allolaurinterol acetate (5) and laurene (6), and one known C-15-acetogenin, epilaurallene (8), were isolated from the marine red alga Laurencia okamurai collected from the coast of Rongcheng, China. The structures of these compounds were unambiguously established by 1D, 2D NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques. The bioassay results showed that 4,5 exhibited potent antibacterial activity, and 1, 4, 5 were toxic to brine shrimp. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.