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Oxidation of lincomycin with dimethyldioxirane resulted in the sulfoxi
de-glycosides 3a and 3b, whose treatment with osmium tetraoxide and N-
methylmorpholine-N-oxide afforded the same sulfone; 4. According to FA
B-MS and CD investigations, the absolute configuration of the sulfur a
tom in 3a and 3b is R and S, respectively. The new, unsaturated antibi
otic analog (6) derived from clindamycin exists in the C-4(1) conforma
tion. The antibiotic activities of the synthesized compounds were also
studied.