title: The absolute configuration of decilonitrose, a sugar component of decilorubicin, is undoubtedly 2,3,6-trideoxy-3-C-methyl-3-nitro-L-ribo-hexopyranose.
abstract: The absolute structure of decilonitrose, a sugar component of an antitumor antibiotic decilorubicin was decided to be 2,3,6-trideoxy-3-C-methyl-3-nitro-L-ribo-hexopyranose by synthesis of its methyl beta-glycoside starting from L-rhamnose through the 3-ulose. In the synthetic route, any configurational ambiguities do not exist.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D018943:Anthracyclines; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000032:analysis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006601:Hexoses / Q000032:analysis*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D018943:Anthracyclines; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D006601:Hexoses; C038318:decilorubicin; C038320:decilonitrose