4,5-Cyclopropanocholestan-3β-ol Substrates for Cholesterol Oxidase and Their 1H NMR Assignments
摘要:
We have assayed 4,5-cyclopropanocholestan-3-ols and 4,5-cyclopropanocholestan-3-ones and tested them as substrates and inhibitors of cholesterol oxidase. The 4,5-cyclopropanocholestan-3 beta-ols (alpha and beta) are substrates of cholesterol oxidase that are converted to their respective ketones 1000-fold more slowly than cholesterol. The induced ring-current effects of a cyclopropane ring are clearly illustrated in the H-1 NMR spectra of these sterols. These shielding effects are dramatic because of the rigidity of the steroid backbone. Assignments of the H-1 resonances of the A, B, and cyclopropyl rings of the sterols have been made using DQF-COSY and NOESY experiments. We have assigned the upheld multiplet at approximately 0.5 ppm to H-6 alpha in both isomers. H-6 alpha is Shielded by the cyclopropyl sigma bond. H-6 beta is deshielded by the cyclopropane ring and appears at approximately 2.0 ppm in both isomers.