Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 2624: Synthesis and Structural Identification of a Biaryl Ether-Linked Zearalenone Dimer (Molecules)

A new dimer of the food-relevant mycotoxin zearalenone was isolated after electrochemical and chemical oxidation. The structure was determined as a 16-O-15′-biaryl ether-linked dimer based on spectroscopic analyses (1H- and 13C-NMR, COSY, HMBC, and HSQCAD) and high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis (Q-TOF).