Synthesis of 2-Acetoxy-4-formylphenyl 2,3-Di-O-acetyl-6-deoxy-β-D-arabino-5-hexulofuranoside, Structure Confirmation of the Anomeric Configuration of Antibiotic Hygromycin A

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1988.969

2-Acetoxy-4-formylphenyl 2,3-di-O-acetyl-6-deoxy-β-D-arabino-5-hexulofuranoside, one of the degradation products of antibiotic hygromycin A, was synthesized.The present study confirmed the anomeric configuration of the antibiotic to be "β".