The solution structure of 5-desacetylaltohyrtin A, an extremely cytotoxic m
acrolide isolated from a marine sponge, was analyzed by NMR and restrained
molecular dynamics. The average value of pairwise RMSD for the backbone (fr
om C-1 to C-43) Of the 10 lowest energy structures was 0.50+/-0.22 Angstrom
. The stereostructure of C-14-C-16 in 5-desacetylaltohyrtin A was further v
erified by restrained molecular dynamic calculation using incorrect chiral
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