The Journal of Antibiotics
Online ISSN : 1881-1469
Print ISSN : 0021-8820
ISSN-L : 0021-8820
2-DEOXY-3-DEMETHOXYFORTIMICIN A
JACK TADANIERROBERTH ALLAS
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1982 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 688-691

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The preparation of 2-deoxy-3-demethoxyfortimicin A (4) from 1, 2', 6'-tri-N-benzyloxycarbonyl-3-O-demethylfortimicin B (5) is described. The overall in vitro antibacterial activity of 4 against a variety of organisms was almost twice that of fortimicin A.

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