Abstract
A series of novel 4″-O-desosaminyl clarithromycin derivatives with 11, 12-arylalkyl side chains was synthesized by coupling 6-deoxy-desosamine donors (18, 19) with 4″-OH of compounds 5a–c. The activities of the target compounds were tested against a series of macrolide-sensitive and macrolide-resistant pathogens. Some of them showed activities against macrolide sensitive and resistant pathogens, and compounds 21d and 21e displayed significant improvement of activities against resistant pathogens.
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the Department of Instrumental Analysis of our institute for performing the NMR and mass spectroscopy measurements.