1988 Volume 41 Issue 7 Pages 843-848
The structures of antibiotics SF2315A and B were determined to be [4aR-(4aβ, 12bβ)] or [4aS-(4aα, 12bα]-4a, 5, 6, 12b-tetrahydro-4a, 8-dihydroxy-3-methylbenz[a]anthracen-1, 7, 12(4H)-trione and [1S-(1β, 4aβ, 6aβ, 12β, 12aα, 12bα)] or [1R-(1α, 4aα, 6aα, 12α, 12aα, 12bα)]-1, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 6a, -12a, 12b-octahydro-1, 4a, 8, 12-tetrahydoxy-3-methyl-6a, 12a-epoxybenz[a]anthracen-7(12H)-one, respectively from their spectroscopic analyses and single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.