摘要:
Incubation of the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi with ent-15beta-hydroxy-kaur-16-ene gave ent-11alpha,15beta-dihydroxy-kaur-16-ene, ent-7beta,11alpha,15beta-trihydroxy-kaur-16-ene,ent-11alpha,13,15beta-trihydroxy-kaur-16-ene,ent-11alpha,15beta,19-trihydroxy-kaur-16-ene, and ent-11alpha,14alpha,15beta-trihydroxy-kaur-16-ene, and a mixture of products, which was resolved by acetylation to give ent-11alpha,14alpha,15beta-triacetoxy-kaur-16-ene and ent-7beta,15beta,17-triacetoxy-11alpha,16alpha-epoxy-kaur-16-ene. The addition of candidiol (ent-15beta,18-dihydroxy-kaur-16-ene)gave ent-11alpha,15beta,18-trihydroxy-kaur-16-ene, and a mixture of substances, which was resolved by acetylation to give ent-11beta,15beta,18-triacetoxy-kaur-16-ene, ent-7beta,11alpha,15beta,18-tetraacetoxy-kaur-16-ene and ent-15beta,17,18-triacetoxy-11alpha,16alpha-epoxykaurane. These results confirm that the presence in ent-kaur-16-ene derivatives of a 15alpha-hydroxyl group inhibits oxidation at C-19 to the acid level. The biotransformation of these compounds may be useful for the synthesis of natural 11beta-hydroxy-ent-kaurene analogues.