Title:  Cephalosporin P1 
CAS Registry Number:  28393-42-2 
CAS Name:  (3a,4a,6a,7b,8a,9b,13a,14b,16b,17Z)-6,16-Bis(acetyloxy)-3,7-dihydroxy-29-nordammara-17(20),24-dien-21-oic acid 
Molecular Formula:  C33H50O8 
Molecular Weight:  574.75 
Percent Composition:  C 68.96%, H 8.77%, O 22.27% 
Literature References:  Antibiotic substance produced by a Cephalosporium sp. cultivated from the sea near Sardinia.  Crude cephalosporin P contains at least 5 components:  P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, the major active substance being cephalosporin P1.  Isoln:  Burton, Abraham, Biochem. J. 50, 168 (1951).  Structure:  Baird et al., Proc. Chem. Soc. London 1961, 257; Halsall et al., ibid. 1963, 16; Melera, Experientia 19, 565 (1963); Halsall et al., Chem. Commun. 1966, 685. 
Properties:  Orthorhombic crystals from 50% aq ethanol, C33H50O8.H2O.½C2H5OH.  mp 147°.  [a]D20 +28° (c = 2.7 in chloroform).  uv max:  211 nm (e 9140).  Readily sol in chloroform and ethanol; sparingly sol in hexane and water. 
Melting point:  mp 147° 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D20 +28° (c = 2.7 in chloroform) 
Absorption maximum:  uv max:  211 nm (e 9140)   |