2017 年 75 巻 12 号 p. 1292-1293
Carolacton (1) was isolated from the culture broth of Sorangium cellulosum strain So ce960 and possesses 12-membered macrocyclic lactone with an aliphatic chain bearing a carboxy group at terminal. It exhibits reduction of the number of viable cells in biofilms. In this review, total synthesis, truncated analog synthesis, and biological phenomenon of 1 are described.