ABSTRACT
Chemical and electrochemical oxidation of dienonic moiety of desmycosin were carried out. Successive chemical oxidation of desmycosin with m-chloroperbenzoic acid afforded a family of 12,13-dihydro-12,13-dihydroxy derivatives. Indirect electrochemical oxidation via hypobromite as an intermediate gave rise to the new bicyclo derivative of desmycosin, 13-hydroxy-3-dehydroxy-3,12-oxa-desmycosin.
Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Tylosin/analogs & derivatives , Tylosin/chemistry , Bacteria/drug effects , Electrochemistry , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Oxidation-Reduction , Tylosin/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Opening the oxirane ring of 12,13-epoxydesmycosin dimethylacetal (1) by catalytic hydrogenation gave the 10,11-dihydro-12,13-epoxy derivative (3) as the main product. Reductive oxirane cleavage was accomplished with dissolved metal (Zn) giving the 10,13-dihydro-13-hydroxy compound (6). Mild acid hydrolysis of 6 gave expected 10,13-dihydro-13-hydroxydesmycosin (8), but hydrolysis of 3, under the same conditions, gave three tautomeric desepoxy products.
