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Macrolide antibiotic

US4374764A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1980
Grant dateFeb 22, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S930/19
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Macrolide antibiotics are derivatives of the compound Mycoplanecin and have the formula: ##STR1## (in which R represents a hydrogen atom or an N-(.alpha.-hydroxybutyryl)-N-methylvalyl group). The compound in which R represents an N-(.alpha.-hydroxybutyryl)-N-methylvalyl group can be prepared by reducing Mycoplanecin and the compound in which R represents a hydrogen atom can be prepared by the hydrolysis of Mycoplanecin or of the compound of formula (I) in which R represents an N-(.alpha.-hydroxybutyryl)-N-methylvalyl group.

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