ChemInform Abstract: Absolute Configurations of Macrolide Antibiotics of the Bafilomycin and Leucanicidin Groups.

Abstract

Absolute Configurations of Macrolide Antibiotics of the Bafilomycin and Leucanicidin Groups.-The absolute configuration of bafilomycin B 1 (Ia), C 1 , D, and leucanicidin (Ib) is established by conversion of these compounds into bafilomycin A 1 , whose skeleton has the absolute configuration shown in the scheme.-(O'SHEA, M. G.; RICKARDS, R. W.; ROTH-SCHILD, J. M.; LACEY, E.; J.