[Isolation and identification of chemical constituents from Acropora pulchra].

Three compounds, N-1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-hydroxyl-(E,E)-3,7-heptadecadienal-hexadecanamide(1), batyl alcohol(2) and n-cetanol(3) were isolated from the EtOAc portion of the ethanol extract of the hard coral Acropora pulchra collected from north China sea, and their structures were determined by MS, 1HNMR, 13CNMR analysis.