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Hydrolytic behavior of 5α-hydroxy-11β- and 5β-hydroxy- 11α-substituted 19-norsteroids
Francsics-Czinege, Erzsébet,Tuba, Zoltán,Molnár, Csaba,Horváth, Judit,Cs?rgei, János,Visky, Gy?rgy,Balogh, Gábor,Mák, Marianna,Hegedus, Béla,Magyari, Mária,Horváth, János
, p. 739 - 749 (2007/10/03)
Teutsch G. and Bélanger A. treated 5α,10α epoxides with Grignard-reagents catalyzed by copper(I) ions. The reaction with steroidal epoxides proceeded with complete regio- and stereospecificity, leading exclusively to the 11β-substituted compounds. According to our synthetic strategy, the 5,10 epoxide isomers were not separated; instead, the pure 11β, and in some cases, 11α-substituted molecules were isolated after the conjugate addition of the Grignard-reagents, followed by deketalization and dehydration. Surprisingly, appearance of a third compound was generally observed beside the expected deprotected products, and this compound turned out to have a 3-keto-5(10),9(11) structural unit. Starting from pure 3-ethylenedioxy-5α,10α-epoxy-estr-9(11)-ene-17-one and 3-ethylenedioxy-5β,10β-epoxy-estr-9(11)-ene-17-one, four model compounds were synthesized (11α- and 11β-{4-[1,1-(ethylenedioxy)- ethyl]phenyl}-estra-, as well as 11α- and 11β-cyclohexyl-estra- derivatives) to study the process of deprotection and dehydration. 3-keto-5(10),9(11)-derivatives were found to form after deketalization and dehydration only from 11α-substituted derivatives, while 11β-derivatives resulted in only the expected 3-keto-5,9-diene structure. After observing this remarkable difference between the behavior of 11α-, 11β-substituted isomers we decided to take a closer look at the processes of deketalization and dehydration. In order to carry out the hydrolysis under mild conditions, pyridinium paratoluenesulfonate, a weakly acidic salt, was applied. All the intermediate products observed by TLC were isolated. The outcome of the deprotection and elimination reactions can be rationalized by two factors: conjugation of olefins (with the 3-oxo-group or the 11-phenyl group) and orientation of groups to be eliminated.