Eunicellane diterpenoids

In conclusion, three independent syntheses of marine eunicellane diterpenoids have been developed, which will be the basis of the future development of this exciting natural product class. The biosynthesis of the eunicellanes probably involves the oxidative cyclization of a cembranoid precursor lacking solely the bond between Cl and CIO (C, Fig. 3). Considering the number of carbon - carbon bonds formed in the course of... 

Roussis, V Fenical, W Vagias, C., Komprobst, J.M., and Mrralles, J. (1996) Labiatamides A, B, and other eunicellan diterpenoids from the Senegalese gorgonian Eunicdla labiata. Tetrahedron, 52, 2735-3742. 

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