Absolute stereochemistry of immunosuppressive macrolide brasilinolide A and its new congener brasilinolide C

J Org Chem. 2004 Mar 5;69(5):1535-41. doi: 10.1021/jo035773v.

Abstract

Brasilinolide A (2) is a 32-membered polyhydroxyl macrolide with immunosuppressive activity isolated from a pathogenic actinomycete, Nocardia brasiliensis IFM0406. The absolute configurations at 26 chiral centers of 2 and its new congener, brasilinolide C (1), were determined on the basis of the spectral data of 1 and degradation products derived from 1 and 2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Hydrolysis
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / chemistry*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / isolation & purification
  • Macrolides / chemistry*
  • Macrolides / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nocardia / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Pyrans / chemistry*
  • Pyrans / isolation & purification
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Macrolides
  • Pyrans
  • brasilinolide A
  • brasilinolide C