Title:  Albofungin 
CAS Registry Number:  37895-35-5 
CAS Name:  [1S-(1a,4a,8aa)]-13-Amino-3,4,8a,13-tetrahydro-1,15,16-trihydroxy-4-methoxy-12-methyl-1H-xantheno[4¢,3¢,2¢:4,5][1,3]benzodioxino[7,6-g]isoquinoline-14,17(2H,9H)-dione 
Molecular Formula:  C27H24N2O9 
Molecular Weight:  520.49 
Percent Composition:  C 62.30%, H 4.65%, N 5.38%, O 27.67% 
Literature References:  Antifungal antibiotic produced by Streptomyces albus var fungistaticus (fungatus) Solovyeva et Rudaya.  Isoln procedure:  Khokhlov, Liberman, Proc. Symp. Antibiotics Prague (May 1959) p 81.  Structure:  A. I. Gurevich et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1972, 1751.  Stereochemistry:  A. I. Gurevich et al., ibid. 1974, 2801.  Thought to be identical with Ba-180265 described by Liu et al., in Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1962, 767.  Chemical and biological properties:  A.I. Gurevich et al., Antibiotiki 17, 771 (1972). 
Properties:  Crystals from nitromethane, mp 304-307°.  Also reported as mp 190° (dec).  [a]D20 -670° (DMF).  uv max (ethanol):  228, 254, 303, 376 nm (log e 4.58, 4.58, 4.19, 4.42).  Practically insol in water, petr ether.  Sparingly sol in alcohol; quite sol in chloroform, dichloroethane, acetone, chlorobenzene, formamide, dimethylformamide, glacial acetic acid. 
Melting point:  mp 304-307°; mp 190° (dec) 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D20 -670° (DMF) 
Absorption maximum:  uv max (ethanol):  228, 254, 303, 376 nm (log e 4.58, 4.58, 4.19, 4.42)   |