HEXAPEPTIDES DERIVING FROM AGLUCOTEICOPLANIN AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THEM

摘要

Hexapeptides of formula (1) deriving from aglucoteicoplanin and their salts with acids and bases as well as their inner salts, wherein R is hydrogen or a protecting group of the amino moiety. The products of formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen, pos- sess antimicrobial activity in particular against coagulase-negative strains and some S. aureus and S. epidermidis strains which have low sensitivity toward teicoplanin. The hexapeptides are produced by reductive cleavage of aglucoteicoplanin with alkali metal borohydrides in the presence of a hydroalcoholic mixture as solvent.