Engler, M; Anke, T; Sterner, O
| Publication Year | 1997 |
| Journal | The Journal of Antibiotics |
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| Pages | 330-333 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
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| PMID | 9186559.0 |
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| DOI | 10.7164/antibiotics.50.330 |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.7164/antibiotics.50.330 |
The structures of two novel fungal antibiotics, isolated from a Pterula species, that interfere with the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase and inhibit the respiration of eucaryotes, were determined by spectroscopic techniques. Both compounds, pterulinic acid (1a) and pterulone (2), contain a 1-benzoxepin ring system and are chlorinated. Pterulinic acid (1a), which was obtained as a 1:5 inseparable mixture of the two isomers (Z)-1a and (E)-1a, in addition contains a furan. Their structures were determined by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy, and 2D heteronuclear correlation experiments permitted the assignment of all NMR signals.