From the culture medium of Verticillium inlertexlum three metabolitcs have been isolated, namely the hexaketidcs sorbicillin (1) and 2'3'-dihydrosorbicillin (2), and the dimeric hexaketide bisvertinoquinol (3). 1 has previously been isolated from Penicillium chrysogenum and also synthesised. Hydrogenation of 1 yielded tetrahydrosorbicillin (8), 2'5'- dihydrosorbicillin (9) and 2', 3'-dihydrosorbicillin (2). 2 was also obtained by a BF3- ...
