During recent years our re-earch group ha. been engaged in biobynthetic studies dealing Tt-ith antibiotic, of two different sort>. In a continuing qtudy we have investigated the biosynthetic origin. of the very important aminocyclitol antibiotics, which include gentamicin. neomycin, streptomycin, -pectinoniycin, etc. This topic has been reriened extensively vithin the past \- ear (1. 2 . 3).
E-AMINOACETOPHENONEFIG. 2. Blternative biosynthetic pathxays t o m-aminoacetophenone.