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AT a time when its identity was uncertain, specimens of the compound isolated by M. A. Jennings and T. I. Williams1 from Aspergillus effusus were examined in order to determine its molecular weight. The compound was later shown to be kojic acid. It forms monoclinic needles elongated along [100] and showing the forms {100}, {010} and {021}. The following data for the unit cell were obtained from X-ray oscillation photographs: a = 3·85, b = 18·4, c = 8·84 A.; β = 74°, correct to about ± 1 per cent.
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FOX, A. X-Ray Crystallography of Kojic Acid. Nature 155, 397 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155397a0
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