Ms. Buchanan et al., PIGMENTS OF FUNGI - XLV - THE CARDINALIN-8-12, UNIQUE PRE-NAPHTHOQUINONE DEHYDRO DIMERS FROM THE NEW-ZEALAND TOADSTOOL DERMOCYBE CARDINALIS, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 50(11), 1997, pp. 1081-1089
Five new pre-naphthoquinone dehydro dimers (3)-(7) belonging to the un
ique cardinalin class of pyranonaphthoquinonoid natural products have
been isolated and characterized from the ethanolic extracts of the fru
it bodies of the New Zealand toadstool Dermocybe cardinalis. Four othe
r cardinalin derivatives (8) and (10)-(12) are believed to be artefact
s of the purification procedure. The structures and relative stereoche
mistry of these new cardinalins are deduced from spectroscopic data.