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Isepamicin

Isepamicin (isepamycin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.

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(2S)-3-Amino-N-[(1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-5-amino-4-[(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(aminomethyl)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-[(3R,4R,5R)-3,5-dihydroxy-5-methyl-4-methylaminooxan-2-yl]oxy-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-2-hydroxypropanamide
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  • (2S)-3-amino-N-((1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-5-amino-4-[(6-amino-6-deoxy-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-2-{[3-deoxy-4-C-methyl-3-(methylamino)-L-arabinopyranosyl]oxy}-3-hydroxycyclohexyl)-2-hydroxypropanamide
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FormulaC22H43N5O12
Molar mass569.609 g·mol−1
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Isepamicin (isepamycin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.

It was patented in 1973 and approved for medical use in 1988.1 It has been identified by the World Health Organization as a Critically Important Antimicrobial for human use.2

Synthesis

Isepamicin can be synthesized by derivatization of gentamicin B (1) with benzyl N-[(2S)-3-(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl]carbamate (2), followed by deprotection.3456

Synthesis of isepamicin from gentamicin B source ↗
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References

  1. Fischer J, Ganellin CR (2006). Analogue-based Drug Discovery. John Wiley & Sons. p. 508. ISBN 9783527607495.
  2. "Critically important antimicrobials for human medicine" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2012.
  3. Serradell, MN; Blancafort, P.; Roberts, PJ; Castaer, J.; SCH-21420. Drugs Fut 1979, 4, 7, 525.
  4. John J. Wright, U.S. patent 4,029,882 (1977 to Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp).
  5. Thieme
  6. ChemDrug