Abstract: | The X-ray crystal structure analysis of the antibiotic elaiophylin ( 1 ), monoclinic, a = 9.927, b = 10.105, c = 31.183 Å, β = 93.20°, space group P21, confirms the constitution elucidated by spectroscopic methods and chemical degradation. In the crystal the two chemically equivalent halves of the molecule are related by an approximate twofold rotation axis. |