spirotetronate

English

Noun

spirotetronate (countable and uncountable, plural spirotetronates)

1. Any of a family of antibiotic polycyclic compounds characterized by a tetronate unit joined by a single atom to a cyclohexene ring.
   • 1993, Gabor Lukacs, Recent progress in the chemical synthesis of antibiotics and related microbial products:

     The cycloaddition reaction proceeded in excellent yield, but afforded a 25:65:10 mixture of three isomeric spirotetronates: 129, its diastereomer, and a regioisomer resulting from addition at the disubstituted 2,4-diene system.

   • 2012, Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research: 2011 Edition:

     The researchers concluded: “The resulting spirotetronates, which bear an OSA-derived aryl group, exhibited antibacterial activities comparable to those of the parent products.”