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
11-Aminoundecanoic acid in low moisture absorption compared to polyamide 6 or polyamide 66. In addition, polyamide 11 has very good chemical stability, e.g. against hydrocarbons, low density, good thermal stability, weather resistance and is easy to process. 11-Aminoundecanoic acid 11-Aminoundecanoic acid is an organic compound with the formula HN(CH)COH. This white solid is classified as an amine and a fatty acid. 11-Aminoundecanoic acid is a precursor to Nylon-11. As practiced by Arkema, 11-aminoundecanoic acid is prepared industrially from undecylenic acid, which is derived from castor oil. The synthesis proceeds in four separate reactions: 1. Transesterification of castor oil to methyl ricinoleat: Crude