Bispuupehenone from the South Chinese Sea sponge Dysidea sp.

Bispuupehenone, C(42)H(54)O(6), formally results from dimerization of puupehenone, which is constructed of sesquiterpene and benzene units. Bispuupehenone was isolated from the South China Sea sponge Dysidea sp. and the single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the previously reported structure. The mol-ecule is located on a twofold axis and the dimerization forms two fused dibenzopyran systems related by symmetry. In the asymmetric unit, the two cyclohexane rings adopt chair conformations, while the two pyran rings adopt half-chair conformations. The relative stereochemistry and configurations for the ring junctions are in agreement with the structure reported previously.