1959 年 79 巻 3 号 p. 297-302
The structure of sclerotiorin, C21H23O5Cl, found in the metabolic product of Penicillium implicatum was discussed. Sclerotiorin reacted with ammonia and changed to sclerotioramine (II). From the acetate of (II), 2, 4, 5-pyridinetricarboxylic acid was obtained by treatment with ozone, followed by potassium permanganate. Tetrahydrosclerotiorin was degradated by alkali to a quinone compound which was determined as β-dihydroxynaphthoquinone. The relation of substituted groups (OH, OH, Cl, CH3) in aposclerotioramine (IV) was cleared and a tentative structural formula (I) is forwarded for sclerotiorin.