Antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces narbonensis from soil near Cannes, France: Corbaz et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 38, 935 (1955). Structure: Prelog et al., ibid. 45, 4 (1962). Stereochemical studies: Rickards, Smith, Tetrahedron Lett. 1970, 1025; H. Ogura et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1930 (1975); eidem, Tetrahedron 37, Suppl. 1, 165 (1981). Isoln and structure of the aglycone narbonolide: Hori et al., Chem. Commun. 1971, 304. Synthesis of narbonolide: T. Kaiho et al., J. Org. Chem. 47, 1612 (1982).