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. 1979 Aug;76(8):3576–3579. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.8.3576

Brasilenyne and cis-dihydrorhodophytin: Antifeedant medium-ring haloethers from a sea hare (Aplysia brasiliana)

R B Kinnel *, R K Dieter *, J Meinwald *, D Van Engen *, J Clardy *, T Eisner †, M O Stallard ‡, W Fenical ‡
PMCID: PMC383874  PMID: 16592687

Abstract

Two straight-chain C15 fish antifeedants have been isolated from the sea hare Aplysia brasiliana. Chemical, spectral, and x-ray diffraction studies led to the characterization of these medium-ring ethers as brasilenyne (2) and cis-dihydrorhodophytin (3). The oxonin ring system of 2 is novel in nature. Biosynthetic considerations permit the postulation that a third compound, a noncrystalline congener of these compounds, is cis-isodihydrohodophytin (4).

Keywords: chemical ecology, plant secondary metabolites, acquired distatefulness, Mollusca

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