115 Polyenes and Polyynes, Excluding Polyene Macrolides 



214 Odyssic Acid, Ci2H,oO;i, unstable except in solutions, [aln^" +300° 



(c 0.25 in etiianol), U.V. 211, 238, 250.5, 265, 280.5 m^x. 



CHs— C=C— C=C— CH=C=CH— CH— CH,— CH.— COOH 



OH 



Poria corticola, P. tenuis 



J. D. Bu'Lock, E. R. H. Jones and W. B. Turner, /. Chem. 

 Soc, 1607 (1957). 



215 Dimethyl Deca-2,4,6-triyne-l,10-dioate, Ci2Hi„04, colorless nee- 



dles, m.p. 45°, U.V. 209, 217, 226", 257, 272, 288, 307, 

 329 m^ in carbon tetrachloride. 



CH3OOC— C=C— C=C— C=C— CH,— CHo— COOCH3 



Merulius lachrymans 



J. N. Gardner, E. R. H. Jones, P. R. Leeming and J. S. 

 Stephenson, /. Chem. Soc, 691 (1960). 



216 Dimethyl Deca-trans-2,trar2S-8-diene-4,6-diyne-l,10-dioate, 



Ci2H,„04, colorless plates, m.p. 104.5-107.5°, U.V. 216, 



269, 298, 317, 339 m^ in ethanol. 



CH3OOC— CH-=CH— C=C— C^C— CH=CH— COOCH3 



Polyporus anthracophilus 



J. D. Bu'Lock, E. R. H. Jones and W. B. Turner, J. Chem. 

 Soc, 1607 (1957). 



217 Dimethyl Dec-trans-2-ene-4,6-diyne-l,10-dioate, C12H12O4, color- 



less crystals, m.p. 56.5-58°, U.V. 214.5, 223 (243) (255), 



270, 285, 303 m,x in ethanol. 



CH3OOC— CH,— CH,— C^C— C=C— CH=CH— COOCH3 



Polyporus anthracophilus 



J. D. Bu'Lock, E. R. H. Jones and W. B. Turner, J. Chem. 

 Soc, 1607 (1957). 



218 Mycomycin, C13H10O0, colorless needles, m.p. 75° (dec. explo- 



sively), [a]rr' -130° (c 0.4 in ethanol), U.V. 256, 267, 

 281 rufx in diethyl ether. 



HC=C— C^C— CH=C=CH— CH=CH— CH=CH— CH2— COOH 



Nocardia acidophilus 



Walter D. Celmer and I. A. Solomons, /. Am. Chem. Soc 74 

 1870, 3838 (1952). (Structure) 



Edwin A. Johnson and Kenneth L. Burdon, /. Bacteriol. 54 

 281 (1947). 



