The molecule is a carbotricyclic compound that is pleuromutilin in which the hydroxyacetate group is replaced by a 2-{[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]sulfanyl}acetate group. An antibacterial drug, tiamulin is used in veterinary medicine (generally as its hydrogen fumarate salt) for the treatment of swine dysentery caused by Serpulina hyodysenteriae. It has a role as an antibacterial drug. It is a carbotricyclic compound, a carboxylic ester, a cyclic ketone, a tertiary amino compound, a secondary alcohol, an organic sulfide, a tetracyclic diterpenoid and a semisynthetic derivative. It derives from a Pleuromutilin.
[(1S,2R,3S,4S,6R,7R,8R,14R)-4-ethenyl-3-hydroxy-2,4,7,14-tetramethyl-9-oxo-6-tricyclo[5.4.3.01,8]tetradecanyl] 2-[2-(diethylamino)ethylsulfanyl]acetate