Xanthocillin
Encyclopedia
Xantocillin also known as xanthocillin X or ophthocillin, was the first reported natural product
found to contain the isocyanide
functional group
. It was first isolated from Penicillium notatum by Westling in 1950 and subsequently from several other sources.
Natural product
A natural product is a chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism - found in nature that usually has a pharmacological or biological activity for use in pharmaceutical drug discovery and drug design...
found to contain the isocyanide
Isocyanide
An isocyanide is an organic compound with the functional group -N≡C. It is the isomer of the related cyanide , hence the prefix iso....
functional group
Functional group
In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules. The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reaction regardless of the size of the molecule it is a part of...
. It was first isolated from Penicillium notatum by Westling in 1950 and subsequently from several other sources.