%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis of the 4 -desmethoxy analogue of RU79115 %A BRANISLAV MUSICKI %A ANNE-MARIE PERIERS %A NICOLE TESSOT %A MICHEL KLICH %J Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Serbian Chemical Society %X The synthesis, and biological activity in vitro of the 4 -desmethoxy analogue (3) of RU 79115 (2) is described. Comparison of the biological activity of the two analogues clearly indicated the importance of the 4 -methoxy group in conferring good gyrase B inhibitory activity as well as antibacterial activity. %K structure-activity %K inhibitor %K gyrase B %K antibacterial %K sugar %K L-arabinose %K coumarin %U http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol69/No11/V69-No11-03.pdf