Stipitatic acid is a
tropolone
Tropolone is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a pale yellow solid that is soluble in organic solvents. The compound has been of interest to research chemists because of its unusual electronic structure and its role as a ligan ...
derivative isolated from ''
Talaromyces stipitatus
''Talaromyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Trichocomaceae. Described in 1955 by American mycologist Chester Ray Benjamin, species in the genus form soft, cottony fruit bodies ( ascocarps) with cell walls made of tightly interwoven hypha ...
'' (''Penicillium stipitatum'').
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Tropolones
Tropones
Aromatic compounds
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