SYNTHESIS OF METHYL HEXAACETYL-TUNICAMINYL URACIL

Tetsuo Suami, Hiroaki Sasai, Kazuhiro Matsuno

Chemistry Letters · 1983 · 43 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Abstract A C11-carbohydrate named tunicamine, which is a component of antibiotic tunicamycins, has been synthesized in a form of polyacetyl derivative. From the tunicamine derivative, a nucleoside moiety of the antibiotic designated as tunicaminyl uracil has been successfully synthesized.

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