spirotetronate

plural spirotetronates

1. countableuncountableAny of a family of antibiotic polycyclic compounds characterized by a tetronate unit joined by a single atom to a cyclohexene ring.

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

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

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   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.

   1993, Gabor Lukacs, Recent progress in the chemical synthesis of antibiotics and related microbial products