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1,1-Dimethyl-5,6-dihydroxyindolinium chloride (1a)was identified from a deep water sample of the marine sponge,Dercitus sp., and its structure was elucidated by spectral methods.
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Acknowledgments. This is Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., SeaPharm Project Contribution No. 612. We thank Drs K. Rinehart, Jr, S. Pomponi and E. Armstrong for sponge collection.
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Kohmoto, S., McConnell, O.J. & Wright, A. 1,1-Dimethyl-5,6-dihydroxyindolinium chloride from a deep water marine sponge,Dercitus sp.. Experientia 44, 85–86 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960259
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