Design, synthesis and activity against drug-resistant bacteria evaluation of C-20, C-23 modified 5-O-mycaminosyltylonolide derivatives.

With the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to develop new antibiotics with excellent activity against drug-resistant bacteria. Three novel series of tylosin semisynthetic derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial activities against various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Among these derivatives, compound C-2 demonstrated potent antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram negative bacteria, and non mutagenic.