Erythromycylamineisasemi-syntheticanalogueoferythromycinpreparedbyreductionoferythromycinoxime.Erythromycylamineisapotentantibiotic,howevertheintroductionoftheamino-moietyincreasesthecompound"spolarityandisdisadvantageousforinvivouse.Thislimitationwasovercomebythesynthesisofdirithromycin,aSchiffbasepro-drugthatdissociatesinvivotoerythromycylamine.
Erythromycylamineissolubleinethanol,methanol,DMForDMSO.Goodwatersolubility.
CASNumber
26116-56-3
MolecularFormula
C37H70N2O12
MolecularWeight
735.0
StorageConditions
-20°C
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