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The positions of the acyl residues at C3 and C15 in germerine and germitrine have been corrected, showing that germerine is 3-(d)-2′-hydroxy-2′-methylbutyryl-15-(l)-2′-methylbutyrylgermine and germitrine is 7-acetyl-3-(d)-2′-hydroxy-2′-methylbutyryl-15-(l)-2′-methylbutyrylgermine.
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Vitebsk Technological Institute of Light Industry. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 54–57, January–February, 1973.
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Bondarenko, N.V. The positions of the acyl groups in germerine and germitrine. Chem Nat Compd 9, 47–49 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580889
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