Cyclopropane-containing eicosanoids of marine origin. Biomimetic synthesis of constanolactones A and B from the alga Constaninea simplex

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00128a008

Asymmetric syntheses of 7, a substance isolated from incubation of arachidonic acid with an acetone powder of the coral Plexaura homomalla, and of constanolactones A (9) and B (10), metabolites of the red alga Constantinea simplex, are described. The key