The structures of minor congeners of detoxin complex,the selective antagonist of blasticidin S1

Summary The structures of the minor congeners of detoxin complex, viz., detoxins E₁, C₁, C₂, C₃, B₁, B₃ and A₁ have been established on the basis of spectral and degradative evidence.Acknowledgment. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Special Project Research (510208) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. We are grateful to Kaken Chemical Co. Ltd for the supply of the detoxin complex. This is Part V of studies of Detoxin Complex, the Selective Antagonists of Blasticidin S'. For Part IV, see Ogita et al.⁸.