Identification of the absolute configuration of pectenotoxin-6, a polyether macrolide compound, by NMR spectroscopic method using a chiral anisotropic reagent, phenylglycine methyl ester.

K Sasaki, M Satake, T Yasumoto

Index: Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 61(10) , 1783-5, (1997)

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Abstract

The absolute configuration of pectenotoxin-6 (4, PTX6), found in association with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, was identified by NMR spectroscopy using a chiral anisotropic reagent, phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME), which was condensed with a carboxyl group of 4.