Merochlorophaeic acid is a depside with the molecular formula C24H30O8 which has been isolated from the lichen Cladonia merochlorophaea.[1][2][3][4]

Merochlorophaeic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
  • InChI=1S/C24H30O8/c1-5-7-8-10-15-12-17(25)22(21(26)20(15)23(27)28)32-24(29)19-14(9-6-2)11-16(30-3)13-18(19)31-4/h11-13,25-26H,5-10H2,1-4H3,(H,27,28)
  • Key: AAKHGLJWUOZNTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CCCCCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C=C2OC)OC)CCC)O
Properties
C24H30O8
Molar mass 446.496 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

References

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  1. ^ "Merochlorophaeic acid". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  2. ^ Shibata, Shoji; Chiang, Hsüch-Ching (February 1965). "The structures of cryptochlorophaeic acid and merochlorophaeic acid". Phytochemistry. 4 (1): 133–139. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)86155-5.
  3. ^ Hawksworth, David L. Ascomycete Systematics: Problems and Perspectives in the Nineties. Springer. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4757-9290-4.
  4. ^ Elix, Ja; Norfolk, S (1975). "Synthesis of meta-Divarinol and Olivetol depsides". Australian Journal of Chemistry. 28 (2): 399. doi:10.1071/CH9750399.

Further reading

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  • Symposium, International Association for Lichenology. Progress and Problems in Lichenology in the Nineties: Proceedings of the Third Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL3) Held at the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria on 1.-7. September 1996. J. Cramer. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-443-58047-6.
  • Reinhold, Leonora; Liwschitz, Yecheskel. Progress in Phytochemistry. Pergamon Press. p. 236.