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US 5,206,405 AGranted
2-alkenyloxy-3-(phosphono)oxypropanoic acids derived from the cleavage of phosphoglycolipid antibiotics
AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWerner Aretz, Dirk Bottger, Gerhard Seibert, Alois Tumulka, Peter Welzel, Kurt Hobert
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Abstract
A new Bacillus species and the appropriate enzymes obtained therefrom can be used to break down phosphoglycolipid antibiotics. The breakdown products of moenomycins display antibiotic activity or can be used as building blocks for the synthetic preparation of transglycosylase inhibitors.
Claims4
The compound of the formula II ##STR6## in which R.sup.1 is a phosphono group and R.sup.2 is a branched or unbranched, unsaturated (C.sub.5 to C.sub.55)-alkyl group.
A compound having the formula ##STR7##
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.