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Wen-Liang Wang1, Wei Sun, Qian-Qun Gu
1Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of the Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, 266003 Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, C(16)H(12)O(6)·H(2)O, isolated from the halotolerant fungus Aspergillus variecolor B-17, is also known as questinol monohydrate. In the crystal structure, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules, forming a three-dimensional network. π-π stacking inter-actions consolidate the supra-molecular structure [the shortest inter-planar distances are 3.456 (3), 3.366 (4) and 3.382 (4) Å].
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