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pigment called pulcherrimin, which probably has the 

 structure : 



CH3 III 



\ O - Fe 



CH— CH2 T 1 



CHa f J CHa 



I III i CH2 — CH 

 Fe - O \ 



CHs 



The yield was 30 mg. of pulcherrimin per gram of dry 

 cells. 



A. J. Kluyver, J. P. van der Walt and A. J. van Triet, Proc. 

 liat. kcad. Sci. U. S. 39 583 (1953). 



A. H. Cook and C. A. Slater, J. Chem. Soc, 4130, 4133, 

 (1956). (Structure) 



992 Picrorocellin, C20H22O4N2, colorless prisms, m.p. 192-194°, [ajn 



+ 12.5°. 



CH3 O 



\ / 

 N-C 



CH— CH CH— CH- 



I Vnh I 



OCH3/ OH 



O 



Roccella fuciformis Ach. 



Martin Onslow Forster and William Bristow Saville, 

 J. Chem. Soc, 816 (1922). 



993 Mycelianamide, CooHogOgNs, colorless leaflets, m.p. 170-172° 



(dec), [a]546i'' -217° (c 0.869 in chloroform). 



HO O 



\ / 



O^N-C 

 -CH=C CH— CH3 



c-n' 



O OH 



Penicillium griseofulvum 



I 



