H. Koshino et al., STRUCTURE OF MALOLACTOMYCIN-A AND MALOLACTOMYCIN-B, NOVEL 40-MEMBEREDMACROLIDE ANTIBIOTICS, Tetrahedron, 49(39), 1993, pp. 8827-8836
Malolactomycins A and B are novel 40-membered polyol macrolide antifun
gal antibiotics which have hemiacetal, malonate and dimethylguanidyl g
roups. Malolactomycins A and B are positional isomers of malonate and
interconvertible each other by transesterification. The structures of
malolactomycins A and B have been determined by spectroscopic analyses
, especially NMR for the parent antibiotics and MS for the oxidative p
roduct.