Toxin produced as ()-form by the fungus Bipolaris sarokiniana Shoemaker (Helminthosporium sativum). Isoln: deMayo et al., Can. J. Chem. 39, 1608 (1961). Structure: deMayo et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 84, 494 (1962). Stereochemistry: deMayo et al., Can. J. Chem. 41, 2996 (1963). Total synthesis and absolute configuration: Corey, Nozoe, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 87, 5728 (1965); (+)-form: E. Piers, H. P. Isenring, Can. J. Chem. 55, 1039 (1977); of (±)-form: M. Yanagiya et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1979, 1761.
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