Studies on Growth Inhibition of Hiochi-bacteria, Specific Saprophytes of Sake

Part VIII. Structure of Muta-aspergillic Acid (2)

Abstract

The outline of this report has already been published as a short communication concerning the synthesis of deoxymuta-aspergillic acid and its identificationw ith 2-isobutyl-5-isopropyl-3-hydroxypyrazine. This synthesis establishes the structure of muta-aspergillic acid as formula (I).