DAB IN WHICH Y-Z REPRESENTS AN AMINO ACID CHAIN SELECTED FROM D-LEU-THR,D-PHE-LEU, D-LEU-LEU AND D-LEU-ILEU, G REPRESENTS AN AMINO-PROTECTING RADICAL OF THE FORMULA:
PY-CH(-R)-OOC-
IN WHICH PY REPRESENTS PYRIDYL, PYRIDYL-N-OXIDE, OR PYRIDYL OR PYRIDYL-N-OXIDE CARRYING A METHYL SUBSTITUENT, R REPRESENTS HYDROGEN, ALKYL OF 1 TO THROUGH 5 CARBON ATOMS, OR PHENYL, AND DAB REPRESENTS A,Y-DIAMINOBUTYRIC AID, THE AMINO ACIDS HAVING THE L-CONFFIGURATION UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, SAID CYCLOPEPTIDES CONTAINING ONLY A SINGLE FREE AMINO GROUP, ARE USEFUL INTERMEDIATES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF SEMI-SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM POLYMYXINS.
Abstract:
D R A W I N G WHEREIN A is alkyl of three through 18 carbon atoms optionally substituted by hydroxy, amino or cyano; or alkyl of one through four carbon atoms substituted by a monocyclic or polycyclic alkyl radical or phenyl optionally substituted by halogen or alkoxy; or phenyl optionally substituted by halogen or alkoxy, X is -CO- or -SO2-, and Y-Z is one of the chains D-Phe-Leu, D-Leu-Leu and DLeu-Ileu, are prepared by introducing the grouping A-X-Dab-ThrDab- onto the appropriate cyclopeptide having its amino functions protected. New polymyxins of the said formula have antibiotic properties. Polymyxins of the formula
Abstract:
Cyclopeptides having antitubercular activity derived from antibiotics of the formula: R-cyclopeptide A wherein cyclopeptide A designates a nonapeptide residue of the formula: IN WHICH MePro signifies L-trans-4-methyl-proline; MeThr signified L-N-methylthreonine; MeVal signifies L-N-methylvaline; MeLeu signifies D-N-methylleucine; Pro signifies L-proline; Gly signifies glycine, and Leu signifies L-leucine, and R represents hydrogen or an alkanoyl, alkenoyl, alkadienoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aroyl, aralkanoyl, arylsulphenyl, arylsulphinyl, aryl sulphonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, heterocyclyclcarbonyl or heterocyclylakanoyl radical, or a residue of a linear or cyclic peptide radical attached through a carbonyl group to the nitrogen atom of the Ltrans-4-methyl-proline grouping the the side chain of the cyclopeptide A, and non-toxic acid addition and quaternary ammonium salts thereof, possess antitubercular activity and activity against gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms.