Aspergillic acid acetic acid gives a diketopiperazine. Hydrolysis with HBr yields a mixture of -leucine and -isoleucine. These reaction schemes can be seen below: Aspergillic acid Aspergillic acid is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula CHNO. It has a pale yellow crystalline appearance. Aspergillic acid is most commonly known as an antibiotic and antifungal agent that is derived from certain strains of the fungus "Aspergillus flavus". In 1940 Edwin C. White and Justina H. Hill discovered that a fungal strain of "Aspergillus flavus" growing in a surface culture on a tryptone-salt was capable of producing a bactericidal filtrate. It has
Nitrosylsulfuric acid Nitrosylsulfuric acid Nitrosylsulfuric acid is the chemical compound with the formula NOHSO. It is a colourless solid that is used industrially in the production of caprolactam, and was formerly part of the lead chamber process for producing sulfuric acid. The compound is the mixed anhydride of sulfuric acid and nitrous acid. In organic chemistry, it is used as a reagent for nitrosating, as a diazotizing agent, and as an oxidizing agent. A typical procedure entails dissolving sodium nitrite in cold sulfuric acid: It can also be prepared by the reaction of nitric acid and sulfur dioxide. NOHSO is used in