Stephanosporin, a "traceless" precursor of 2-Chloro-4-nitrophenol in the gasteromycete Stephanospora caroticolor

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More like an industrial fungicide than a natural product is the little compound, which occurs as the potassium salt in the carrot truffle, Stephanospora caroticolor, and is responsible for its orange color (see picture). On injury of the fruit body, 1 is transformed into the toxic 2-chloro-4-nitrophenolate (2) by loss of the side chain.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAngewandte Chemie
Volume40
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1704-1705
Number of pages2
ISSN0044-8249
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 04.05.2001
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Chemistry - fungi, natural products, nitro compounds, organochloro compounds, Phenols