Xanthocillin

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Chemical structure of xanthocillin
Chemical structure of xanthocillin

Xanthocillin was the first reported natural product found to contain the isocyanide functional group. It was first isolated from Penicillium notatum by Westling in 1950 [1] and subsequently from several other sources.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ R. ROTHE (1950). "". Pliarnzazie 5: 190. 
  2. ^ Paul J. Scheuer (1992). "Isocyanides and cyanides as natural products". Accounts of Chemical Research 25 (10): 433–439. doi:10.1021/ar00022a001. 


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