Sodium Hydroxide → 3,8-Dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,2,3,11a-tetrahydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5-one

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Crystalline methylneothramycin A (225 mg.) obtained in Example 8 was dissolved in 45 ml. of 0.01 NCHl-dioxane (1:1 in volume) and the solution was kept at room temperature (22° C.) for 1 hour. The solution was adjusted to pH 6.0 with 1 N NaOH and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure, affording 216 mg. of a colorless powder containing neothramycins A and B. The powder was chromatographed on a column of silica gel (20 g.) by the similar manner as employed in Example 2. Pure neothramycin A (87 mg.) and neothramycin B (69 mg) were obtained.

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