Claims
- 1. A process for preparing compound CL-1577-B.sub.4, said compound having the characteristics:
- a pale yellow solid having an elemental analysis corresponding to 47.8% C; 5.74% H; 3.88% N; 30.66% 0 (by difference); and 11.92% S;
- an ultraviolet spectrum showing absorption At 315 nm (inflection), 271 nm (a=10.8), and 213 nm (inflection);
- an infrared spectrum showing principal absorption peaks at 3700. 3500, 3180, 2975, 2930, 1735, 1682, 1670, 1603, 1508, 1500, 1383, 1369, 1302, 1154, 1100, 1075, 1020, 990, and 859 reciprocal centimeters;
- a 200 MHz proton magnetic resonance spectrum in deuterochloroform showing principal signals at 1.10 (goublet), 1.34 (doublet), 1.39 (doublet), 1.51 (broad double doublet), 2.10 (singlet), 2.13 (doublet of doublets), 2.30 (multiplet), 2.49 (singlet), 2.50 (doublet of doublets), 2.76 (multiplet), 3.39 (doublet of doublets), 3.38-3.4 (multiplet), 3.99 (doublet of doublets), 4.11 (doublet of doublets), 4.29 (singlet), 4.63 (doublet), 4.96 (doublet of doublets), 5.68 (broad doublet), 5.79 (doublet of doublets), 5.88 (doublet), 6.17 (multiplet), 6.22 (doublet), and 6.56 (doublet of doublets) parts per million downfield from tetramethylsilane;
- and a 90.56 MHz .sup.13 C magnetic resonance spectrum in deuterochloroform showing principal signals at 193.8, 156.0, 149.8, 136.0, 132.7, 130.3, 126.3, 123.6, 100.8, 99.9, 98.4, 89.5, 84.1, 83.8, 79.5, 79.2, 76.8, 72.5, 71.6, 70.8, 70.7, 68.7, 68.6, 67.3, 63.1, 57.1, 56.3, 56.1, 52.5, 47.3, 40.5, 37.8. 34.5, 24.0, 22.9, 22.4, 20.2, 18.5, and 14.8 parts per million downfield from tetramethylsilane;
- said process comprising the steps of culturing a purified straint of actinomycete identified as ATCC 39363 under aerobic conditions in a medium comprising assimilable sources of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur until a sufficient quantity of CL-1577A or CL-1577B intermediate compound is produced;
- isolating said CL-1577A or CL-1577B compounds from said medium; and
- contacting said CL-1577A or CL-1577B compound with 0.1 molar methanolic HCl at a temperature of about 37.degree. C. for a period of about thirty minutes to produce said CL-1577-B.sub.4 compound and thereafter adjusting the pH of the solution to a value of about pH 5.5 and isolating said CL-1577-B.sub.4 compound by conventional means.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 712,294 filed Mar. 15, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,594,248.
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