The structure of daunomycin
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R.H. Iwamoto; P. Lim; N.S. Bhacca
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Article
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1968
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Daunomycin (l), .6, a bacterial metabolite, has shown interesting biological activity, especially as an antitumor agent. Mild acidic hydrolysis of daunomycin yields an aglycone, daunomycinone, 1, and the amino sugar daunosamine (2), 2. The structure of the sugar has been elucidated (2) and was confi