Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Pulvinone an organic compound belonging to the esters lactones alcohols and butenolides classes is a yellow crystalline solid. Although the pulvinone is not a natural product several naturally occurring hydroxylated derivatives are known. These hydroxylated pulvinones are produced by fungal species such as the in Europe common Larch Bolete (Boletus elegans also known as Suillus grevillei) or by moulds such as Aspergillus Terreus.

(EZ)-Pulvinone_Structural_Formulae.png
IUPAC name
(E/Z)-5-Phenylmethylene-4-hydroxy-3-phenylfuran-2(5H)-one

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Pulvinone"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.