Six new xenicane diterpenes have been isolated from the acetone extract of the soft coral Xenia florida. Two of them are diterpenes containing a bicyclic [4.3.1] ring system. Three of them seem to be precursors for diterpenes possessing the bicyclic [4.3.1] ring system. One is a common monocarbocyclic diterpene with a cyclononane skeleton.

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