We isolated a novel oxidized sorbicillin dimer (1) as yellowish amorphous powder from the fermentation broth of Trichoderma sp. USF-2690 strain isolated from a soil sample. The structure of the compound was determined by elucidation of spectroscopic evidence. The compound was revealed to possess a new carbon skeleton in the group of oxidized sorbicillin dimers and was named bisorbibetanone. The stereostructure of bisorbibetanone was analyzed on the basis of the spectral data. In 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay, bisorbibetanone gave an ED50 value of 62.5 mu M after standing for 30 min. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.