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Pankaj Kumar1,2,3, Yedukondalu Nalli1,4, Sanju Singh1,2
1Marine Natural Products & Bio-polymers Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364002, India.
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Two new 22-membered macrolides, dactylide D (1) and dactylide E (2), featuring substituted amino acid or a contiguous dipropionate unit, along with the known dactylosporolide B (3), were purified from Dactylosporangium aurantiacum ATCC 23491. Their structures were determined through comprehensive spectroscopic analysis and comparison with related congeners. Compound 1 features an N-acetylalanyl side chain, while compound 2 bears an unusual (E)-7-amino-oxohept-5-enoic acid moiety, along with C-7 oxidation and loss of the tetrahydropyran ring. NOE correlations indicated that the stereochemistry of the macrolactone cores in 1 and 2 is conserved relative to dactylide B. These findings expand the structural diversity of polyol macrolides from D. aurantiacum, underscoring the strain's potential for natural product discovery.
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