Wt. Shier et al., COMPLETE STRUCTURES OF THE SPHINGOSINE ANALOG MYCOTOXINS FUMONISIN B-1 AND AAL TOXIN T-1 - ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION OF THE SIDE-CHAINS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(10), 1995, pp. 1571-1574
Fumonisin B-1 and AAL toxin T-A are sphingosine-analog mycotoxins char
acterized by propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid side chains esterified t
o alkylamine backbones. The absolute configuration of all stereogenic
centers in the backbones is known. Using chiral gas chromatography met
hodology we have determined the absolute configuration at C-3' in the
side chains to be S, thereby completing structure determination of bot
h toxins.