Meaning of spirotetronate | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of a family of antibiotic polycyclic compounds characterized by a tetronate unit joined by a single atom to a cyclohexene ring.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The cycloaddition reaction proceeded in excellent yield, but afforded a 25:65:10 mixture of three isomeric spirotetronates: 129, its diastereomer, and a regioisomer resulting from addition at the disubstituted 2,4-diene system.”

“The researchers concluded: “The resulting spirotetronates, which bear an OSA-derived aryl group, exhibited antibacterial activities comparable to those of the parent products.””

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