A new spiroketal steroid from Gorgonella umbraculum

A new spiroketal steroid (2) was isolated from the Indian Ocean gorgonian, Gorgonella umbraculum besides the known briarane diterpenoids, juncellin, umbraculides A and D. The new steroid was characterised as 22-acetoxy-3,25-dihydroxy-16-24,20-24-bisepoxy-(3beta, 16alpha, 20S, 22R, 24S)-cholest-5-ene (2) by a study of its spectral data.