Issue 0, 1973

The structure and absolute configuration of the antibiotic aphidicolin: a tetracyclic diterpenoid containing a new ring system

Abstract

The structure and absolute configuration of the novel tetracyclic diterpenoid aphidicolin, an antimitotic and antiviral metabolite of Cephalosporium aphidicola Petch, have been determined, and a systematic nomenclature is proposed. Possible biosynthetic routes to aphidicolin are discussed. Derivatives of aphidicolin, including possible biogenetic precursors and the C(3)- and C(16)-epimers of the antibiotic have been prepared. The high resolution i.r. hydroxyfrequencies are reported for a number of ring-A 1,3-diols derived from aphidicolin.

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1973, 2841-2851

The structure and absolute configuration of the antibiotic aphidicolin: a tetracyclic diterpenoid containing a new ring system

W. Dalziel, B. Hesp, K. M. Stevenson and J. A. J. Jarvis, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1973, 2841 DOI: 10.1039/P19730002841

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