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Practical Synthesis of α-Amyrin, β-Amyrin, and Lupeol: The Potential Natural Inhibitors of Human Oxidosqualene Cyclase
Chen, Dongyin,Xu, Fengguo,Zhang, Pu,Deng, Jie,Sun, Hongbin,Wen, Xiaoan,Liu, Jun
, (2017/10/20)
A practical synthesis of α-amyrin (1), β-amyrin (2), and lupeol (3) was accomplished in total yields of 32, 42, and 40% starting from easily available ursolic acid (4), oleanolic acid (5), and betulin (6), respectively. Remarkably, these three natural pentacyclic triterpenes exhibited potential inhibitory activity against human oxidosqualene cyclase.
OXIDATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS OF TRITERPENOIDS OF THE URSANE AND OLEANANE SKELETA WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. INTRODUCTION OF 11,12-DOUBLE BOND AND 13(28)OXIDE MOIETY IN THE URSANE SYSTEM
Majumder, P. L.,Bagchi, A.
, p. 649 - 656 (2007/10/02)
Treatment of oleanolic acid acetate (1b) with H2O2 in boiling HOAc gave the epoxy-γ-lactone 2b and the 12-hydroxy-γ-lactone 3b.The total absence of the 12-ketodihydro acid 4b among the oxidation products of 1b has been rationalised.The results of this reaction with several isomeric pairs of triterpenoids of the ursane and oleanane skeleta bearing functional groups at C-17 other than a carboxyl group show that for any appreciable oxidation involving the intermediacy of a 12β,13β-epoxide 6a or 6b, the 17-carboxyl group is an essential requirement.An intramolecular epoxidation of 12,13-double bond of 1a and 1b by 17-percarboxy acid formed in situ has been envisaged.The reactions aiming at introducing 11,12-double bond and 13(28)-oxide moiety in the ursane system are described.The desired compound 2c was obtained by treatment of the triol 1p with TsOH.With H2O2/TsOH, 1p, however, gave besides 2c, the rearranged product 8a.The difference in the chemical behaviour of 1p and 1q has been explained.Treatment of 2e with H2O2 in boiling HOAc gave the epoxide 2f.The mechanism of formation of 2a and 2b is discussed in the light of this observation.
