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IUPAC name
5,6-Dihydroxy-3-[3-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-oxo-2(5H)-furanylidene]-2(3H)-benzofuranone
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C18H10O8 | |
Molar mass | 354.270 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Xerocomorubin is a pigment from the fungus order Boletales. It is the oxidized form of isoxerocomic acid.[1] Air oxidation is responsible its formation, and it oxidizes faster to a similar pulvinic acid type pigment oxidized variant, variegatorubin.[1][2] The long wavelength has an absorption at 497 nm, 106 nm higher than its precursor isoxerocomic acid. Synthesis experiments have shown tetra-acetylation by acetic anhydride and sulfuric acid. Although xerocomorubin and variegatorubin give off the same deep red color and could simultaneously occur in a mushroom, extracts from the deep red colored mushroom Boletus rubellus Krombh. identified only variegatorubin by thin layer chromatography (TLC), leading to the question the natural abundance of xerocomorubin.
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