ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 16, Number 6
JKCSEZ 16(6)
December 20, 1972 

Chloramphenicol molecule has an asymmetric carbon, so it has conformational isomer, namely, threo and erythro form. These two forms have great difference in biological activity, that is, only threo (-) form has biological activity. Semiempirical quantum mechanical treatments are applied to these molecules to explain the difference, using the extended Huckel theory. The theoretical predictions for the preferred conformation are in good agreement with the experimental results.