Nocardia sp. quantitatively converts salannin 1 and 3-de-O-acetylsalannin 2 (C-seco limonoids) into 3-deacetoxy-1-de[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy]salannin-1-en-3-one 10, a novel and potentially bioactive compound with an α,β-unsaturated ketone moiety in ring âAâ. In order to establish the sequence of events involved in this transformation and the structural specificity of this bacterial system, several new derivatives of salannin 1 have been prepared. These studies have indicated that the transformation is initiated by deacetylation at C-3, followed by oxidation of the secondary hydroxy group to 3-keto, which appears to facilitate the elimination of the tigloyloxy/acetoxy group at C-1 with the formation of an olefinic linkage between C-1 and C-2.
The organism very efficiently transforms some of the derivatives of salannin into their corresponding compounds possessing an enone system in ring âAâ, an essential pre-requisite for various biological activities. Some of the C-seco limonoids prepared in the present study, viz. 10, 1,2-didehydro-1,3-dideoxy-3-oxosalannic acid 18, 3-deacetoxy-1-de[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy]-20,21,22,23-tetrahydrosalannin-1-en-3-one 15 and 1,2-didehydro-1,3-dideoxy-3-oxosalannol 23 were hitherto not known.
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Insect antifeedants from azadirachta indica (part 5): Chemical modification and structure-activity relationships of azadirachtin and some related limonoids
作者:Steven V. Ley、James C. Anderson、Wally M. Blaney、Philip S. Jones、Zev Lidert、E.David Morgan、Nicholas G. Robinson、Dinos Santafianos、Monique S.J. Simmonds、Peter L. Toogood
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)81095-4
日期:1989.1
Chemical modification of the potent insectantifeedant and growth-disruption agent azadirachtin (1) and the related limonoids 3-tigloyl azadirachtol (6) and salannin (27) have permitted an exploration of the biological activity of these compounds. General comments are made regarding the structural dependency of the antifeedant effect.