98973-45-6Relevant articles and documents
Fungus Pigments, 40. Leprocybin, the Fluorescent Principle of Cortinarius cotoneus and related Leprocybes (Agaricales)
Kopanski, Lothar,Klaar, Manfred,Steglich, Wolfgang
, p. 1280 - 1296 (2007/10/02)
Leprocybin (1), a glucoside responsible for the yellow-green fluorescence of the fruiting bodies under UV light has been isolated from Cortinarius toadstools (subgenus Leprocybe, section Leprocybe Mos.).On acid hydrolysis or action of β-glucosidase 1 was split into its aglycone leprocyboside (6), the constitution of which was elucidated by several derivatisations, decarboxylation to 10, and alkaline degradation.Final structural proof of the pyranoxanthone system was obtained by synthesis of 8-O-methyl(decarboxy)leprocyboside (12).