Abstract
The structure of unique colorless needle crystals growing from the surface mycelium of the basidiomycete Quambalaria cyanescens and identified as (+)-globulol was followed by mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and polarimetry. The mechanism of (+)-globulol fragmentation is proposed based on collision induced dissociation mass spectrometry. X-Ray analysis revealed that crystal packing is governed by hydrogen bond O-H·····O connecting the molecules into an infinite helix along a 3-fold screw axis propagating along the longest dimension of the needle crystal (c-axis of the unit cell). The X-ray diffraction data correspond well with the proposed structure determined by mass spectrometry.
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Abbreviations
- CID:
-
collision induced dissociation
- GOF:
-
goodness of fit
- MS:
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mass spectrometry
- PSD:
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post source decay
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Stodůlková, E., Šulc, M., Císařová, I. et al. Production of (+)-globulol needle crystals on the surface mycelium of Quambalaria cyanescens . Folia Microbiol 53, 15–22 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-008-0002-5
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