Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The structure of reductiline, a metabolite of a variant of was elucidated as ( ) based on chemical and spectroscopic evidence. Transformation of an antitumor antibiotic reductiomycin ( ) into reductiline ( ) was carried out. Synthesis of reductiline ( ) was achieved starting from β- ...