Briaranes are diterpenoid g-lactones of highly substituted bicyclic six-and ten-membered rings that are extensively produced by marine octocorals including gorgonians.1,2) The majority of these compounds are endowed with biological activities that ranges from cytotoxic [3][4][5] to anti-inflammatory, 6,7) immunomodulatory, 8) antiviral, 9) and insecticidal 10,11) actions. In continuation of our interest in the chemistry and potential medicinal importance of briaranes, [12][13][14] we investigated the gorgonian octocoral Junceella juncea collected in Taiwan. Several juncins, 15,16) gemmacolides, 16) junceelolides 13) and juncenolides 12,14) have been reported from this species. The current study resulted in the isolation of the two novel briarane-type diterpenoidal compounds, juncenolides F (1) and G (2) from the acetone extract of Junceella juncea. The structures were defined on the basis of spectral studies, especially 1D and 2D NMR.The HR-ESI-MS of 1 revealed a quasi-molecular ion peak at m/z 693 [MϩNa] ϩ consistent with the molecular formula C 33 H 47 O 12 Cl and ten degrees of unsaturation. The IR spectrum displayed absorption bands diagnostic of hydroxyl, 5-membered lactone and ester groups. Both 1 H-and 13 C-NMR spectral data (Table 1 15,16) Besides the previous four ester carbonyls, the carbon signal at d 174.5 was assigned to a 5-membered lactone ring together with the oxygenated methine at d 81.2 (C-7). The two proton singlets at d 5.81 and 5.52 along with the CH 2 signal at d 121.2 were ascribed to an exocyclic methylene group. The 1 H-NMR spectrum contained two mutually coupled signals at d 2.82, 2.35 (each 1H, d, Jϭ4.0 Hz) together with the corresponding d C 50.5 (t) and d C 57.4 (s) that were appropriate for an exocyclic epoxide. The two remaining degrees of unsaturation required a bicyclic carbon skeleton which fits a briarane diterpene. ϩ were strong evidence of the presence of a chlorine atom in 1.7) Consequently, the CH signal at d 51.7 was confidently assigned to a chlorinated carbon (C-6) that was correlated to d (Fig. 1). On the other hand, the HMBC displayed correlations between H-10/C-8, C-20; H-7/C-5; H- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. Chemical investigation of the gorgonian coral Junceella juncea collected in Taiwan has resulted in the isolation of the two novel briarane-type diterpenoid compounds, juncenolides F (1) and G (2). The structures were determined on the basis of spectral studies, especially 1D and 2D NMR.