Biotransformation of 5α-hydroxycaryophylla-4(12),8(13)-diene withCunninghamella elegansandRhizopus stolonifer
摘要:
Biotransformation of 5 a -hydroxycaryophylla-4(12),8(13)-diene (1) was studied with Cunninghamella elegans and Rhizopus stolonifer. Incubation of 1 with C. elegans gave regioselective oxidative addition (hydration) and isomerization at the C-4(12) exocyclic double bond and hydroxylation at C-3 and C-15, and thus provided two polar metabolites, (3Z),8(14)-caryophylladiene-5 alpha,(11R)-15-diol (2) and 3 beta,4 beta,5 alpha-trihydroxycaryophylla-8(13)-ene (3). Incubation of 1 with R. stolonifer gave a transannular cyclization reaction and afforded 2 beta-methoxyclovan-9-one (4), clovan-2 beta-ol-9-one (5) and 8-methoxycaryolane-5 alpha,13 beta-diol (6). Compounds 3 and 6 are new compounds described here for the first time; their structures were deduced with the help of different spectroscopic techniques.