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The novel unesterified alkyl glycerol monoethers, (2S)-1-(hexadecyloxy)-2,3-propanediol (1), (2S)-1-(16-methylheptadecyloxy)-2,3-propanediol (2) and (2S)-1-(15-methylheptadecyloxy)-2,3-propanediol (3) were isolated from the marine spongeTethya aurantia and were characterized by spectroscopic methods. These three saturated ethers as well as a series of alk-1′-enyl glycerol monoethers were also encountered in the phospholipids of the same sponge after reduction with LiAlH4. Incorporation experiments with dissociated cells ofT. aurantia indicated that [1-14C]-hexadecanol was incorporated into the unesterified alkyl glycerol monoethers.
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For preceding paper, see Ayanoglu, E., Düzgünes, N., Wijekoon, W.M.D., and Djerassi, C. (1986)Biochim. Biophys. Acta 863, 110–114.
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Smith, G.M., Djerassi, C. Phospholipid studies of marine organisms: 14. Ether lipids of the spongeTethya aurantia . Lipids 22, 236–240 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533985
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