35 Alcohols, Glycols and Compounds Related to Sugars 



Lewis B. Lockwood and Frank H. Stodola, U. S. Patent 



2,496,297(1950). 



45 Hygromycin B, Ci.-.HosOioNo, amorphous powder, m.p. ^-'180°. 



D-Talose has been shown to be one moiety of this anti- 

 biotic. 



Streptomyces hygroscopicus 



Robert L. Mann and W. W. Bromer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 80 

 2715 (1958). 



Paul F. Wiley and Max V. Sigal, Jr., ibid. 80 1010 (1958). 



46 Grifolin, CieHo^Oo, fine colorless needles, m.p. 40°. 



CHa OH 



\ I 



C=CH— CH.— CHj— C=CH— CH=CH— CH— C— CH.— CHs 



/ I II 



CHs CH3 OH CH3 



Grifola confluens (=Polyporus confLuens) 



Other components of the extract were mannitol, sterols, 



a hemin-like substance, a compound C.SH14O (m.p. 145°) 



and a compound Ci,r,H^,402 (m.p. 151°). 



Y. Hirata and K. Nakanishi, /. Biol. Chem. 184 135 (1950). 



47 Cetyl Alcohol, C16H34O, colorless crystals, m.p. 50°, Ud'^ 1.4283. 



CHsICHzIhCHsOH 



Amanita phalloides 



Heinrich Wieland and Gustav Coutelle, Ann. 548 270 

 (1941). 



48 Clavicepsin, CisH^^Oip,, colorless crystals, m.p. (anhydr. ) 198°, 



[aln-" +142°. 



A glucoside hydrolyzing to 1 mole of mannitol and 2 

 moles of glucose. The detailed structure was not deter- 

 mined. 



Claviceps purpurea 



F. Marino-Zuco and U. Pasquero, Gazz. chim. ital. 41 368 

 (1912). 



49 Stearyl Alcohol, CigHayO, colorless leaflets, m.p. 59°. 



CHslCHslifiCHoOH 



Penicillium notatum 



A yield of 0.13 g. was obtained from 300 g. of dry 

 mycelium. 



