Research Article

Novel Polyoxyethylene-Containing Glycolipids Are Synthesized in Corynebacterium matruchotii and Mycobacterium smegmatis Cultured in the Presence of Tween 80

Table 5

Chemical shifts and assignment of proton and 13C in NMR of corynomycolate and polyoxyethylenate moieties of purified series-2 glycolipid isolated from C. matruchotii grown in the presence of Tween 80.

Chemical shift
Proton (ppm)13C (ppm)

C36:2-Corynomycolat
  Terminal –CH30.8414.0
  –CH21.2829.4
  –CH=CH5.33130.5
  –C(O) –CH(CH2–)–2.4252.4
  –C(O) –CH(CH2–)–1.5825.4
  –CH(OH) –3.7273.1
  –CH=CH–CH21.9627.4
  –CH2–CH–OH–1.38, 1.5634.1
Polyoxyethylenate
  –CH2–C(O)O–2.3234.3
  –OCH2–CH2–O–3.6470.7
  –CH2– (OCH2–CH2–O 5.1970.2
  –CH2– (OCH2–CH2–O 4.60, 4.3862.9
  –OCH2– (ring)3.7161.7
  –OCH– (ring)3.6369.3
  –OCH2CH2–CH2– (ring)1.93, 2.0132.8
  –OCH–CH2CH2– (ring)2.0633.1

tructure of C36:2-corynomycolate:
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he structures of polyoxyethylenates are shown in Figure 3.