Nancimycin, dihydronancimycin, their salts, and method of manufacture

Claim 1

A SUBSTANCE EFFECTIVE IN INHIBITING THE GROWTH OF GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NACIMYCI, DIHYDRONANCIMYCIN AND SALTS THEREOF, SAID NANCIMYCIN BEING AN ORGANIC ACID HAVING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS: C=59.53%, H=6.31%, O= 34.16%; EMPIRICAL FORMULA=C23H30O10 THAT POSSESSES A YELLOW CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE IN THE PURE STATE; HAS A SPECIFIC OPTICAL ROTATION, AS MEASURED BY THE D LINE OF SODIUM AT 25O C. OF -11.7 IN BUTANOL AT 0.5% CONCENTRATION: IS QUITE SOLUBLE IN METHANOL, ETHANOL, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, PROPYL ALCOHOL, BUTANOL, CHLOROFORM, ETHYL ACETATE, AMYL ACETATE, BENZENE, DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE, AND DIMENTHYL FORMAMIDE; HAS AN ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTRUM MEASURED IN METHANOL WITH BANDS AT THE FOLLOWING WAVE LENGTHS: 225, 305, AND 425 MILLIMICRONS AND RESPECTIVE EXTENCTION COEFFICIENTS OF 665, 305, AND 230; AN INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM WHEN SUSPENDED IN HYDROCARBON OIL IS SOLID FORM, AS SHOWN IN THE DRAWING; AND A NEUTRAL EQUIVALENT WHEN TITRATED AS AN ACID OF ABOUT 459; AND SAID DIHYDRONANCIMYCIN BEING THE DIHYDROGENATED DERIVATIVE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE IMMEDIATELY FOREGOING CHARACTERISTICS AND BEING DIHYDROGENATED NANCIMYCIN, AN ORGANIC ACID HAVING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS: C=59.47, H=6.38%, O=34.15%; EMPIRICAL FORMULA= C23H32O10 THAT POSSESSES A LIGHT YELLOW CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE IN THE PURE STATE; HAS A SPECIFIC OPTICAL ROTATION, AS MEASURED BY THE D LINE OF SODIUM AT 25O C. OF -10.9 IN METHANOL AT 0.5% CONCENTRATION; IS SOLUBLE IN METHANOL, ETHANOL, ISOPROYL ALCOHOL, PROPYL ALCOHOL, BUTANOL, AMYL ALCOHOL, CHLOROFORM, ETHYL ACETATE, AMYL ACETATE, BENZENE, DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE AND DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE; HAS AN ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTRUM MEASURED IN MATHANOL WITH BANDS AT THE FOLLOWING WAVE LENGTHS: 222, 237, 303, 340 (SH), 425 MILLIMCRONS AND RESPECTIVE EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS OF 366, 336 262, 70, AND 148; AND A NEUTRAL EQUIVALENT WHEN TITRATED AS AN ACID OF ABOUT 460.