
%0 Journal Article
%A Elix, JA 
%A Engkaninan, U 
%A Jones, AJ 
%A Raston, CL 
%A Sargent, MV 
%A White, AH 
%T Chemistry and crystal structure of leprolomin, a novel diphenyl ether from the lichen <I>Psoroma leprolomum</I>
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1978/09/01
%V 31
%N 9
%P 2057-2068
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9782057
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9782057 
%X The isolation and structural elucidation of 3'-(2''-acetyl-3''-hydroxy- 5''-methoxy-4''-methylphenoxy)-2',4'-dihydroxy-6'-methoxy-5'- methylacetophenone (leprolomin) (12), an unusual lichen metabolite probably derived biogenetically by C-O phenolic coupling of two units of C-methylphloroacetophenone, is reported. Spectroscopic data on leprolomin and its derivatives allowed the structure to be limited to six possibilities; hence the crystal structure of leprolomin triacetate (15) was determined by X-ray diffraction. 
