Identification of the absolute configuration of pectenotoxin-6, a polyether macrolide compound, by NMR spectroscopic method using a chiral anisotropic reagent, phenylglycine methyl ester.

The absolute configuration of pectenotoxin-6 (4, PTX6), found in association with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, was identified by NMR spectroscopy using a chiral anisotropic reagent, phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME), which was condensed with a carboxyl group of 4.