Two methods of obtaining 3alpha-betulinic acid and related compounds from their 3beta-epimers were studied: the reaction of bimolecular substitution and the stereoselective reduction of 3-ketoderivatives. The substitution of acyloxy by formyloxy group in 3-O-tosyllupeol or of the belulin hydroxyl by benzoyloxy group resulted only in Delta(2,3)-elimination products, with none of the expected products of bimolecular substitution being found. The catalytic hydrogenation of betulonic acid over Raney nickel resulted only in reduction of the isopropenyl double bond, whereas the use of 5% Ru/C gave a 60: 40 mixture of epimers of dihydrobetulinic acid. Practically the same mixture of betulinic acid epimers was obtained when reducing betulonic acid with L-Selectride. The cytotoxic activity of 3alpha-betulinic acid increased toward the Bro melanoma cells and decreased toward the MS melanoma cells.
An examination of the euphorbiaceae of Hong Kong. Part VIII. Lup-20(29)-ene-3α,23-diol, a new triterpene from Glochidion macrophyllum benth
作者:W. H. Hui、W. K. Lee
DOI:10.1039/j39710001004
日期:——
The stems of Glochidion macrophyllum Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) have been found to contain a new triterpene, shown to be lup-20(29)-ene-3α,23-diol on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence.