Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Some new reactions and derivatives of kojic acid

A Beélik, CB Purves

Index: Beelik; Purves Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1955 , vol. 33, p. 1361,1371

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

The stability of the ring structure in kojic acid toward various reagents was investigated. Cleavage to an open-chain, dienol derivative in N sodium hydroxide at 25°, or fragmentation of the structure, was very slow. The benzoyl group in the fifth (phenolic) position of