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Papyracillic acid

Article number:

5500161

CAS No.:

960148-59-8; 179308-49-7

Formula:

C₁₁H₁₄O₅

Chemical description:

[(5S,7R,8S)-7-Hydroxy-4-methoxy-7,8-dimethyl-9-methylene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]non-3-en-2-one]

Molecular weight:

226,23 g/mol

Papyracillic acid is described an an antibiotic. It is isolated from Lachnum papyraceum and a Microsphaeropsis sp.

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