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Lactones

Oleandomycin

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Oleandomycin is a 16-membered macrocyclic lactone, discovered in the 1950s, with broad spectrum antibacterial activity. Oleandomycin was developed as a human pharmaceutical but was regarded as less active than comparable products such as erythromycin and is today only available in combination with other antibiotics.

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Oxacyclohexadecane-2,13-dione

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Lactone refers to an organic substance that contains both a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group in the same molecule, and the two are dehydrated. Organic compounds with one and only one ester group in the ring. Common ones are x=2, 3 or 4, which are called β-, γ- or δ-lactones, respectively. They are generally insoluble in water, easily soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol and ether, and their density is generally lower than that of water.
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