Reaction SMILES: CCCCCCCC[CH2:9][C:10]([NH:12][C@H:13]1[C@H:18]([O:19][C:20]2[C:25]3[O:26][C:27]4[CH:32]=[CH:31][C:30]([C@@H:33]([O:113][C@@H:114]5[O:119][C@H:118]([CH2:120][OH:121])[C@@H:117]([OH:122])[C@H:116]([OH:123])[C@H:115]5[NH:124][C:125]([CH3:127])=[O:126])[C@@H:34]5[NH:54][C:52](=[O:53])[C@H:51]([NH:55][C:56]([C@@H:58]6[NH:59][C:60]([C@H:62]7[NH:93][C:91](=[O:92])[C@@H:81]([CH2:82][C:83]8[CH:89]=[CH:88][C:86]([O:87][C:21]=2[CH:22]=[C:23]6[CH:24]=3)=[C:85]([Cl:90])[CH:84]=8)[NH:80][C:78](=[O:79])[C@H:77]([NH2:94])[C:75]2=[CH:76][C:71](=[C:72]([OH:95])[CH:73]=[CH:74]2)[O:70][C:65]2=[CH:66][C:67]([OH:69])=[CH:68][C:63]7=[CH:64]2)=[O:61])=[O:57])[C:49]2=[CH:50][C:45](=[C:46]([OH:96])[CH:47]=[CH:48]2)[C:44]2[C:39](=[CH:40][C:41]([OH:109])=[CH:42][C:43]=2[O:97][C@H:98]2[O:103][C@H:102]([CH2:104][OH:105])[C@@H:101]([OH:106])[C@H:100]([OH:107])[C@@H:99]2[OH:108])[C@H:38]([C:110]([OH:112])=[O:111])[NH:37][C:35]5=[O:36])=[CH:29][C:28]=4[Cl:128])[O:17][C@H:16]([CH2:129][OH:130])[C@@H:15]([OH:131])[C@@H:14]1[OH:132])=[O:11].Cl.C(OCC)C>C(O)CCCCCCC>[CH3:9][C:10]([NH:12][C@@H:13]1[C@H:18]([O:19][C:20]2[C:25]3[O:26][C:27]4[CH:32]=[CH:31][C:30]([C@@H:33]([O:113][C@@H:114]5[O:119][C@@H:118]([CH2:120][OH:121])[C@@H:117]([OH:122])[C@H:116]([OH:123])[C@@H:115]5[NH:124][C:125]([CH3:127])=[O:126])[C@@H:34]5[NH:54][C:52](=[O:53])[C@H:51]([NH:55][C:56]([C@@H:58]6[NH:59][C:60]([C@H:62]7[NH:93][C:91](=[O:92])[C@@H:81]([CH2:82][C:83]8[CH:89]=[CH:88][C:86]([O:87][C:21]=2[CH:22]=[C:23]6[CH:24]=3)=[C:85]([Cl:90])[CH:84]=8)[NH:80][C:78](=[O:79])[C@H:77]([NH2:94])[C:75]2[CH:74]=[CH:73][C:72]([OH:95])=[C:71]([CH:76]=2)[O:70][C:65]2=[CH:64][C:63]7=[CH:68][C:67]([OH:69])=[CH:66]2)=[O:61])=[O:57])[C:49]2[CH:48]=[CH:47][C:46]([OH:96])=[C:45]([CH:50]=2)[C:44]2[C:43]([O:97][C@H:98]3[O:103][C@H:102]([CH2:104][OH:105])[C@@H:101]([OH:106])[C@@H:100]([OH:107])[C@@H:99]3[OH:108])=[CH:42][C:41]([OH:109])=[CH:40][C:39]=2[C@@H:38]([C:110]([OH:112])=[O:111])[NH:37][C:35]5=[O:36])=[CH:29][C:28]=4[Cl:128])[O:17][C@@H:16]([CH2:129][OH:130])[C@@H:15]([OH:131])[C@@H:14]1[OH:132])=[O:11]
Reactant: CCCCCCCCCC(=O)N[C@H]1[C@H](Oc2c3cc4cc2Oc2ccc(cc2Cl)[C@@H](O[C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]2NC(C)=O)[C@@H]2NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H]4NC(=O)[C@H]4NC(=O)[C@@H](Cc5ccc(c(Cl)c5)O3)NC(=O)[C@H](N)c3ccc(O)c(c3)Oc3cc(O)cc4c3)c3ccc(O)c(c3)-c3c(O[C@H]4O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H]4O)cc(O)cc3[C@H](C(=O)O)NC2=O)O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
Agent: Cl
Solvent: CCCCCCCCO
Solvent: CCOCC
Product: CC(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@H](Oc2c3cc4cc2Oc2ccc(cc2Cl)[C@@H](O[C@@H]2O[C@@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H]2NC(C)=O)[C@@H]2NC(=O)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H]4NC(=O)[C@H]4NC(=O)[C@@H](Cc5ccc(c(Cl)c5)O3)NC(=O)[C@H](N)c3ccc(O)c(c3)Oc3cc(O)cc4c3)c3ccc(O)c(c3)-c3c(O[C@H]4O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]4O)cc(O)cc3[C@@H](C(=O)O)NC2=O)O[C@@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
Temperature: 65 °C
Reaction time: 13 h

Procedure:
To a suspension of 5 g of teicoplanin complex (i.e. the antibiotic complex containing teichomycin factors A1, A2 and A3, as obtained by fermentation of strain ATCC 31121 according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,239,751) in 80 ml of 1-octanol, are added 20 ml of 37% (w/v) aqueous HCl at about 40° C. and the mixture is heated at 65° C. and stirred under vacuum for 13 hours. During the reaction time, additions of a mixture of 5 ml of 37% aqueous HCl and 15 ml of 1-octanol are repeated every two hours. At the end of the reaction, the mixture is cooled to room temperature and then poured into 800 ml of ethyl ether. The solid which precipitates is washed with acetone and dried under vacuum at 40° C. overnight. The crude product thus obtained is then worked up according to the last part of Example 4, yielding 0.6 g of substantially pure deglucoteicoplanin.