title: Spectinomycin modification. V. The synthesis and biological activity of spectinomycin analogs with ring-expanded sugars.
abstract: Tiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement of 3'-(R)-N,N'-dibenzyloxycarbonyl-3'-aminomethyl-dihydrospectinom ycin results in ring expansion affording the homologous analog with a seven-membered sugar ring. In stark contrast, attempted rearrangement of the 3'-S-isomer leads only to epoxide formation. Deprotection of the ring-expanded homolog gives homospectinomycin. The synthesis and biological activity of this interesting new member of the spectinomycin series and the derived dihydrohomospectinomycin is detailed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Fritzen
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000198:Spectinomycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000198:Spectinomycin; C057889:homospectinomycin