[New amino acid from the antibiotic, ristomycin A]

A new amino acid E was isolated from a mixture of the products of the reductive hydrolysis of ristomycin A 57% HJ in the presence of red phosphorus. Its characterization was performed. The new amino acid was formed as a result of reductive dehydration of the respective beta-oxyamino acid present in the native antibiotic and being completely destroyed during general acid or alkaline hydrolysis.