Balhimycin, a new glycopeptide antibiotic with an unusual hydrated 3-amino-4-oxoaldopyranose sugar moiety

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00091a044

Balhimycin (1), C₆₆H₇₃Cl₂N₉O₂₄, is a new glycopeptide antibiotic of the vancomycin class. It was isolated from the fermentation broth of an Amycolatopsis sp. Hoechst India Limited Y-86,21022. Its structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical degradation studies. The aglycon is identical to that of vancomycin. The molecule contains two sugars, D-glucose and dehydrovancosamine. The latter unit remains as a hydrate in solution.