Synthesis of the active dihydrodiol and diol epoxide metabolites of the steroid-related carcinogen 15,16-dihydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene and its 11-methyl derivative
作者:Robert J. Young、Cecilia Cortez、Ernestina Luna、Hongmee Lee、Ronald G. Harvey
DOI:10.1021/jo00054a017
日期:1993.1
Cyclopenta[a]phenanthrenes are a class of environmentally occurring carcinogens that are structurally related to sterols. While the parent hydrocarbon is biologically inactive, its 11-methyl and 17-keto derivatives are relatively potent carcinogens. Recent research has identified trans-3,4-dihydrodiol metabolites as the metabolic precursors of the corresponding anti- and/or syn-diol epoxides, implicated as the ultimate carcinogenic forms that bind to DNA. We now report the synthesis of the trans-3,4-dihydrodiol derivatives of cyclcopenta[a]phenanthrene and 11-methylcyclopenta[a]phenanthrene, 3a and 3b, respectively, and the corresponding anti- and syn-diol epoxides of each of these hydrocarbons, 4a, 4b and 5a, 5b, respectively. Syntheses of the analogous trans-3,4-dihydrodiol metabolites of the 17-keto derivatives of cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene and 11-methylcyclopenta[a]phenanthrene are described in the accompanying paper.