Vitamin D (calciferol) and its analogs. 40. 1.alpha.,25-Dihydroxyprevitamin D3: synthesis of the 9,14,19,19,19-pentadeuterio derivative and a kinetic study of its [1,7]-sigmatropic shift to 1.alpha.,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3
作者:Michael L. Curtin、William H. Okamura
DOI:10.1021/ja00018a038
日期:1991.8
The hormonally active steroid 1-alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (3) exists in equilibrium with its previtamin form 5. In an attempt to further understand the significance of this previtamin and previtamin D's in general, the pentadeuterio analogue of 5 was synthesized. Accordingly, 9, 14, 19, 19, 19-pentadeuterio-1-alpha, 25-dihydroxyprevitamin D3 (6) was prepared from the readily available, optically active synthons (S)-(+)-carvone (10) and the Inhoffen-Lythgoe diol (9). A general method was developed to regioselectively deuteriate beta-methyl-alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes via their Schiff bases and was used in the synthesis to convert aldehyde 16a to its deuteriated analogue 16b. Thermolysis of 6 afforded 9, 9, 14, 19, 19-pentadeuterio-1-alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (24). A kinetic investigation of the [1, 7]-sigmatropic hydrogen (deuterium) shifts which convert previtams 5 and 6 to vitamins 3 and 24, respectively, revealed that at 25-degrees-C the process proceeds with a relatively normal primary kinetic isotope effect, k(H)/k(D), of 5.5.