Studies on selectivity of O-methylation of erythromycin derivatives based on molecular mechanics and molecular orbital methods.
作者:Yutaka KAWASHIMA、Shigeo MORIMOTO、Tohru MATSUNAGA、Masato KASHIMURA、Takashi ADACHI、Yoshiaki WATANABE、Katsuo HATAYAMA、Shuichi HIRONO、Ikuo MORIGUCHI
DOI:10.1248/cpb.38.1485
日期:——
The regioselectivity of O-methylation of the C6- and C11-hydroxyl groups of 2', 4"-O-bis(trimethylsilyl)erythromycin A (3, TMS-EM-A) and that in the case of 2', 4"-O-bis(trimethylsilyl)erythromycin B (4, TMS-EM-B) were examined in relation to the ease of deprotonation and the stability of the anion state. O-Metylation of 3 gave 11-methoxy-TMS-EM-A (5) and 6-methoxy-TMS-EM-A (6) in the ratio of ca.3 : 1, whereas that of 4 gave predominantly 6-methoxy-TMS-EM-B (7). To understand how the steric and electronic structures of EM-A (1) and EM-B (2) affect the selectivities, we carried out theoretical calculations using a semi-empirical molecular orbital method, MNDO. From the frontier electronic density of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), it was suggested that the activities of deprotonation at the C11-hydroxyl groups of 3 and 4 are higher than those of the C6-hydroxyl groups. On the other hand, it was shown from the total energies of the molecules that the C6-O- -derivatives (3a and 4a) of 3 and 4 are more stable than the C11-O- -derivatives (3b and 4b). The difference of total energies between 4a and 4b is greater than that of 3a and 3b by 5.1kcal/mol, suggesting the possibility of hydrogen bonding between C11-O- and C12-OH of 3b.
对2', 4"-O-双(trimethylsilyl)红霉素A (3, TMS-EM-A)和2', 4"-O-双(trimethylsilyl)红霉素B (4, TMS-EM-B)的C6和C11羟基的O-甲基化的区域选择性进行了研究,考虑了去质子化的难易程度和阴离子态的稳定性。3的O-甲基化产生了11-甲氧基-TMS-EM-A (5)和6-甲氧基-TMS-EM-A (6),比例约为3:1,而4的O-甲基化主要产生6-甲氧基-TMS-EM-B (7)。为了了解EM-A (1)和EM-B (2)的立体和电子结构如何影响选择性,我们使用半经验分子轨道方法MNDO进行了理论计算。从最低未占据分子轨道(LUMO)的前沿电子密度来看,表明3和4的C11羟基的去质子化活性高于C6羟基。此外,从分子的总能量可以看出,3和4的C6-O-衍生物(3a和4a)比C11-O-衍生物(3b和4b)更稳定。4a和4b之间的总能量差大于3a和3b之间的差异,差值为5.1 kcal/mol,暗示了3b的C11-O-和C12-OH之间存在氢键的可能性。