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Chapter 16, Problem 16.58P
16-58 Following is a structural formula of desosamine, a
sugar component of several macrolide antibiotics, including the erythromycins. The configuration shown here is that of the natural product. Erythromycin is produced by a strain of Streptomyces erythreus originally found in a soil sample from the Philippine Archipelago.
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Desosamine
- Name all the functional groups in desosamine. (Chapter 10)
- How many stereocenters are present in desosamine? How many stereoisomers are possible for it? How many pairs of enantiomers are possible for it?
- Draw the alternative chair conformations for desosamine and label which groups are equatorial and which are axial.
(d > Which of the alternative chair conformations for desosamine is more stable?
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Ch. 16.1 - Problem 16-1 How many hydrogen atoms does...Ch. 16.2 - Problem 16-2 Write a structural formula for each...Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 16.3PCh. 16.4 - Problem 16-4 Select the stronger base from each...Ch. 16.5 - Prob. 16.5PCh. 16 - 16-6 Answer true or false. te/7-Butylamine is a 3°...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.7PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.8PCh. 16 - 16-9 In what way are pyridine and pyrimidine...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.10P
Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.11PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.12PCh. 16 - 16-13 Classify each amino group as primary,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.14PCh. 16 - 16-15 There are eight primary amines with the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.16PCh. 16 - 16-17 Propylamine (bp 48°C), ethylmethylamine (bp...Ch. 16 - 16-18 Account for the fact that 1-butanamine (bp...Ch. 16 - 16-19 2-Me thy 1 propane (bp -12°C), 2-propanol...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.20PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.21PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.22PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.23PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.24PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.25PCh. 16 - 16-26 The p/fb of amphetamine is approximately 3.2...Ch. 16 - 16-27 Guanidine, p/Ca 13.6, is a very strong base,...Ch. 16 - 16-28 Following is the structural formula of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.29PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.30PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.31PCh. 16 - 16*32 Many tumors of the breast are correlated...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.33PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.34PCh. 16 - 16-35 (Chemical Connections 16B ) What is an...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.36PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.37PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.38PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.39PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.40PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.41PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.42PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.43PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.44PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.45PCh. 16 - 16-46 Arrange these three compounds in order of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.47PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.48PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.49PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.50PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.51PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.52PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.53PCh. 16 - 16-54 Several poisonous plants, including Atropa...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.55PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.56PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.57PCh. 16 - 16-58 Following is a structural formula of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.59P
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