The Caribbean Sea Whip, or
Gorgonian, has been the source of a myriad of unusual natural products. The latest example being Aberrarone, which has a unique carbon skeleton, not observed before.
Aberrarone gets its name from the Latin word aberrare, meaning "not typical or usual." The authors suggest that the aberrarane skeleton may be formed via a rearrangement from other gorgonian compounds such as
Elisapterosin A or
Colombiasin A. All three compounds show anti-malarial activity.
It's hard to really see the structure of these compounds in 2D.
Elisapterosin A and
Colombiasin A are listed at
ChemSpider and if you click the 3D tab above the strucure there you can see them in 3D.
Rodríguez, I., Rodríguez, A., & Zhao, H. (2009). Aberrarone: A Gorgonian-Derived Diterpene from
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (19), 7581-7584 DOI: 10.1021/jo901578r
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