1987 Volume 40 Issue 12 Pages 1671-1676
The structure of bisucaberin, a new siderophore, was determined to be 1, 12-dihydroxyl, 6, 12, 17-tetraazacyclodocosane-2, 5, 13, 16-tetrone by spectroscopic analysis and X-ray crystallographic analysis. The molecule of bisucaberin consists of a cyclic dimer of 1-hydroxyl, 6-diazaundecane-2, 5-dione moiety and is closely related to nocardamine, the trimer of the same moiety.