Merochlorophaeic acid explained

Merochlorophaeic acid is a depside with the molecular formula C₂₄H₃₀O₈ which has been isolated from the lichen Cladonia merochlorophaea.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Further reading

• Book: Symposium . International Association for Lichenology . Progress and Problems in Lichenology in the Nineties: Proceedings of the Third Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL3) Held at the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria on 1.-7. September 1996 . J. Cramer . 978-3-443-58047-6 . 48 . en.
• Book: Reinhold . Leonora . Liwschitz . Yecheskel . Progress in Phytochemistry . Pergamon Press . 236 . en.

Notes and References

1. Merochlorophaeic acid . pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . en.
2. Shibata . Shoji . Chiang . Hsüch-Ching . The structures of cryptochlorophaeic acid and merochlorophaeic acid . Phytochemistry . February 1965 . 4 . 1 . 133–139 . 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)86155-5.
3. Book: Hawksworth . David L. . Ascomycete Systematics: Problems and Perspectives in the Nineties . Springer . 978-1-4757-9290-4 . 157 . en.
4. Elix . Ja . Norfolk . S . Synthesis of meta-Divarinol and Olivetol depsides . Australian Journal of Chemistry . 1975 . 28 . 2 . 399 . 10.1071/CH9750399.