Three New Phenyl Ether Derivatives from Aspergillus carneus HQ889708

Three new phenyl ether derivatives, 3-hydroxy-5-(3-hydroxy-5-methylphenoxy)benzoic acid (1), 3,4-dihydroxy-5-(3-hydroxy-5-methylphenoxy) benzoic acid (2), 3-[3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)phenoxy]-5-methylphenol (3), and three known compounds 4-6 were obtained from the fermentation broth of Aspergillus carneus HQ889708, which was isolated from sea water from South China Sea. The structures of compounds 1-3 were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods including ESI-MS and NMR. Compounds 4-6 were reported before as synthesized products, herein, they are reported from nature for the first time.