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Structural elucidation of the nigerones, four new naphthopyrones from cultures of Aspergillus niger

Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, Year 1980

The isolation and structure of four new pigments, nigerone (1a), 6′-O-demethylnigerone (1b), isonigerone (2), and heminigerone (3), are described. A study of the chiroptical properties of the dimers indicates the S-configuration.
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