title: Structure of mycobacterial bis-cyclopropane mycolates by mass spectrometry.
abstract: Methyl mycolate from a human strain (Brévannes) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been converted to the corresponding methyl neromycolate, the monketo-meromycolate, and the meromycolic pyrrolidide. The fragmentation pattern of each of these materials has been determined, and with information from a synthetic meromycolate serving as a basis of comparison, has been analyzed to obtain reliable structural assignments.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000032:analysis; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D003521:Cyclopropanes; D009171:Mycolic Acids