Microbial degradation of 2α, 3α-dihydroxy-5α-cholestan-6-one by Mycobacterium vaccae
摘要:
2-alpha,3-alpha-Dihydroxy-5-alpha-cholestan-6-one (3), which had the substitution pattern of brassinosteroids in the A/B-ring moiety, was transformed by Mycobacterium vaccae to give 2-alpha,3-alpha,6-alpha-trihydroxy-5-alpha-androstan-17-one (4) and 2-alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione (5). The structures of these compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods, especially H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance studies.