# 24-O-ethylmanoalide, a manoalide-related sesterterpene from the marine sponge Luffariella cf. variabilis

Anne Gauvin-Bialecki, Maurice Aknin, Jacqueline Smadja

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Anne Gauvin-Bialecki, Maurice Aknin, Jacqueline Smadja. 24-O-ethylmanoalide, a manoalide-related sesterterpene from the marine sponge Luffariella cf. variabilis. Molecules, 2008, 13 (12), pp.3184-3191. 10.3390/molecules13123184. [https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13123184](https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13123184)

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**24-O-Ethylmanoalide, a Manoalide-related Sesterterpene from the Marine sponge *Luffariella cf. variabilis***

Anne Gauvin-Bialecki *, Maurice Aknin and Jacqueline Smadja

Université de la Réunion, Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments, 97 715, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

Received: 4 November 2008; in revised form: 5 December 2008 / Accepted: 11 December 2008 /

Published: 15 December 2008

**Abstract:** A new manoalide-related sesterterpene, 24-*O*-ethylmanoalide (3), was isolated from the Indian Ocean sponge *Luffariella cf. variabilis*, together with the known compounds manoalide (1), seco-manoalide, manoalide monoacetate and 24-*O*-methyl-manoalide (2). The structure of compound 3 was elucidated by interpretation of its spectroscopic data.

**Keywords:** *Luffariella cf. variabilis*; Demospongiae, Manoalide-related sesterterpene, 24-*O*-ethylmanoalide.

**Introduction**

Marine sponges of the family Thorectidae (e.g. *Luffariella* [1-15], *Hyrtios* [16, 17], *Thorectandra* [18], *Fasciospongia* [19-23], and *Aplynopsis* [24]) are known to be a rich source of novel bioactive sesterterpenoids. Some of them containing a γ-hydroxybutenolide moiety showed a strong anti-inflammatory activity. Manoalide (1), for example, the first sesterterpene to be reported from the Palauan sponge *Luffariella variabilis* by De Silva and Scheuer [1], has been extensively investigated as a potent inhibitor of phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂) [25-33]. Subsequently, many related metabolites with PLA₂ inhibitory activity were reported [4, 25, 34-39]. In the course of our search for biologically

<footnote>* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: anne.bialecki@univ-reunion.fr; Tel: +262 262 93 81 97; Fax: +262 262 93 81 83.</footnote>
active compounds from Indian Ocean marine organisms, our chemical investigation of a sponge from Mayotte Island belonging to the genus *Luffariella*, yielded manoalide (1) together with the known seco-manoalide [2], manoalide monoacetate [18], and 24-O-methylmanoalide (2) [13], as well as a new constituent which we have named 24-O-ethylmanoalide (3). In this paper, we describe the isolation and structure determination of compound 3.

**Results and Discussion**

The MeOH-CHCl₃ extract of *Luffariella cf. variabilis* was subjected to solvent partitioning, as outlined in the Experimental section. The hexane fraction was repeatedly fractionated by silica gel column chromatography, followed by normal phase HPLC to afford manoalide monoacetate, 24-O-methylmanoalide (2) and 24-O-ethylmanoalide (3). The CCl₄ and CHCl₃ fractions were combined and chromatographed on a silica gel column to furnish manoalide (1) and seco-manoalide. The latter was further purified by normal phase HPLC. The known compounds manoalide (1), seco-manoalide, manoalide monoacetate and 24-O-methylmanoalide (2) were identified through comparison of their physical data (NMR and EIMS) with published information [1-3, 13, 16, 18].

Compound **3** was obtained as a colorless glass. The IR spectrum contained three bands at 3410, 1790 and 1762 cm⁻¹, typical of a γ-hydroxybutenolide moiety, and a band at 1098 cm⁻¹ supporting the presence of an ether group. The EIMS showed a molecular peak at *m/z* 444. This datum together with its ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra (Table 1) suggested the molecular formula C₂₇H₄₀O₅. The mass spectrum showed an intense peak at *m/z* 137 and fragments ions at *m/z* 121, 107 and 95 derived from the *m/z* 137, implying the presence of the alkylated cyclohexenyl end group C₁₀H₁₇ commonly generated by manoalide-related sesterterpenes [18]. The ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR of **3** were almost identical with those of manoalide (1). However, they showed the characteristic signals of an additional ethoxy group [δ<sub>H</sub> 3.55, 3.83 (2H, m, H-26), δ<sub>H</sub> 1.23, 1.24 (3H, t, *J* = 7.0 Hz, H-27), δ<sub>C</sub> 64.0, 64.3 (C-26), and δ<sub>C</sub> 15.3, 15.4 (C-27)]. The ether linkage between C-24 and C-26 was suggested by the ¹³C-NMR chemical shift of C-24 which resonated at a lower field (δ<sub>C</sub> 97.1, 97.2) than the C-24 of (1) bearing an hydroxyl group (δ<sub>C</sub> 91.2, 91.5). These data suggested structure **3** for 24-O-ethylmanoalide (Figure 1). Besides, pairs of two signals due to the same carbons or protons were detected in the ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra of **3** as similar to the signals of manoalide [16], which are ascribable to a mixture of stereoisomers. Compound **3** includes three asymmetric carbon atoms; C-4, C-24 and C-25. The axial nature of C-4 i.e. its *R*-configuration, was deduced from its coupling constants to the C-5 protons (10.5, 3.4 Hz) [1]. C-24 in **3** was also presumed to be an *R*-configuration. Indeed, the relative configuration between H-4 and H-24 was established to be *trans* on the basis of the similarity of chemical shifts of H-4, H-5, H-6 and H-24 in **3** with those of 24*R*-O-methylmanoalide and not 24*S*-O-methylmanoalide [13]. Therefore it was deduced that **3** is a mixture of C-25 epimers with *R*-configuration at C-4 and C-24.

It is interesting to note that compounds **2** and **3** may be suspected to be artifacts due to experimental procedure. Manoalide is indeed a hemiacetal and its extraction under some particular conditions - as shown in Figure 1 - would be expected to produce compounds **2** and **3**. If the conversion of **1** into **2** may be explained by the use of MeOH in the process of extraction [13], however the conversion of **1** into **3** requiring the use of EtOH/H⁺ remains unexplained. In the same way, in a previous report by
Zhou and Molinski [14], manoalide (1) was presumed to be precursor of 24-O-propylmanoalide (4) (Figure 1), a manoalide derivative isolated from the Palauan sponge *Luffariella variabilis*.

<table><caption>**Table 1.** NMR Spectroscopic Data (CDCl<sub>3</sub>) for 24-O-ethylmanoalide (3)<sup>a</sup>.</caption><thead><tr><th>position</th><th>δ<sub>C</sub></th><th>δ<sub>H</sub> (J, Hz)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>170.3, 170.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>117.5, 118.4</td><td>6.02, 6.19 s</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>167.4, 167.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>62.3, 63.2</td><td>4.78, 4.86 dd (3.4, 10.5)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>28.8, 29.1</td><td>2.20 m</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>120.6, 120.8</td><td>5.66 m</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>136.8, 137.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>32.7</td><td>2.10 m</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>26.1</td><td>2.10 m</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>122.9</td><td>5.12 t (6.1)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>137.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>40.3</td><td>2.00 m</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>27.9</td><td>2.00 m</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>136.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>127.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>32.8</td><td>1.88 t (6.2)</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>19.6</td><td>1.53 m</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>39.9</td><td>1.39 m</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>35.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>28.7</td><td>0.97 s</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>28.7</td><td>0.97 s</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>19.9</td><td>1.58 s</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>16.1</td><td>1.62 s</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>97.1, 97.2</td><td>4.89, 4.92 s</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>97.1, 97.7</td><td>6.09, 6.23 s</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>64.0, 64.3</td><td>3.55, 3.83 m</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>15.3, 15.4</td><td>1.23, 1.24 t (7.0)</td></tr></tbody></table>

However, according to the authors, the conditions of the process of extraction, partition and separation applied could not justify the conversion of **1** into **4**. Thus, on the basis of the above results, we suggest that 24-O-ethylmanoalide (3) and 24-O-propylmanoalide (4) be considered as “true” metabolites produced by a biosynthetic pathway, rather than artifacts arising from the isolation procedure.

<footnote><sup>a</sup>Measured at 400 MHz (¹H) and 100 MHz (¹³C).</footnote>
<figure><img src="image_2.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 1.** Possible chemical conversion of **1** into **2**, **3** and **4**.</figcaption></figure>

**Experimental**

*General*

Optical rotations were measured on a Perkin-Elmer 341 polarimeter. IR spectra were determined on a Perkin-Elmer 1600 FT-IR spectrometer. ¹H- (400 MHz) and ¹³C- (100 MHz) NMR spectra were recorded on a Brucker AMX-400, in CDCl₃, with TMS as internal standard. Chemical shifts were reported in ppm and coupling constants (J) were reported in Hz. EI mass spectra were obtained on a Jeol AX-500 mass spectrometer. HPLC was performed on a Spectraseries P100 equipped with a differential refractometer (Thermoseparation products – Refractomonitor). A Merck Lichrospher Si-60 column (25 cm × 10 mm i.d.) was used.

*Animal material*

The sponge *Luffariella cf. variabilis* (order Dictyoceratida, family Thorectidae) collected off Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean), in November 1995, was kept frozen until used. The material was
identified by Dr N. Boury-Esnault (Station Marine d'Endoume – Marseille – France) and Pr P. Bergquist (School of Biological Sciences – Auckland – New Zealand). A voucher sample AGL-2-97M, has been deposited at the Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments (University of Reunion Island – France).

### Extraction and Isolation

Frozen sponge tissue (1,343 g dry weight after extraction) was cut up and homogenized in a Waring-blender in MeOH/CHCl₃ (1:2). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the crude material (33.4 g), which was successively partitioned between equal volumes of aqueous MeOH, percentage adjusted to produce a biphasic solution, and a solvent series of *n*-hexane (yield 5.71 g), CCl₄ (yield 11.95 g) and CHCl₃ (yield 7.44 g). The remaining H₂O soluble were extracted but did not contain any compounds of interest. A portion of the *n*-hexane fraction (2.98 g) was repeatedly subjected to silica gel columns using eluents of increasing polarity from 5% EtOAc in *n*-hexane to 10% EtOAc in *n*-hexane, to afford a mixture of manoalide monoacetate, 24-*O*-methyl-manoalide (2) and 24-*O*-ethylmanoalide (3). The resulting material was purified by semi-preparative HPLC over normal phase silica with hexane/EtOAc (7.5:2.5) to yield pure manoalide monoacetate (18 mg, 0.0026%, dry wt), **2** (13 mg, 0.0019%) and **3** (19 mg, 0.0027%). CCl₄ and CHCl₃ solubles were combined on the basis of TLC, and a 4.38 g portion was fractionated by silica gel column chromatography eluted with *n*-hexane/EtOAc using a step gradient of increasing EtOAc (9:1 to 7:3) to afford pure manoalide (1) (99 mg, 0.033%) and impure seco-manoalide. Final purification via HPLC using Si gel column with *n*-hexane/EtOAc (2:3) gave pure seco-manoalide (76 mg, 0.025%).

24-*O*-ethylmanoalide (3): colourless glass; [α]²⁵D + 63° (c 0.5, CHCl₃); IR (CHCl₃) νmax 3410, 2925, 1790, 1762, 1098, 1040 cm⁻¹; ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR, see Table 1; EI mass spectrum m/z 444 [M]⁺ (22), 426 (3), 398 (9), 380 (2), 261 (5), 203 (4), 177 (6), 137 (100), 123 (12), 121 (12), 107 (9), 95 (26), 81 (22).

### Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Regional Council of Reunion Island.

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