The ways of converting steroid vicinal diol into an unsaturated derivative were studied with the intention of preparing suitable precursors for the introduction of deuterium or tritium into the molecules of brassinosteroids. The model vicinal diol compound, 2α,3α-dihydroxy-5α-pregnane-6,20-dione (3), was converted with high regioselectivity to the α-hydroxy ketone derivative, 2α-hydroxy-5α-pregnane-3,6,20-trione (8), in a 75% yield. The attempts to convert α-hydroxy ketone 8 to the dioxolene derivative, 2α,3α-(isopropylidenedioxy)-5α-pregn-2-ene-6,20-dione (6), failed. The conditions for the conversion of ketone to the corresponding enol trialkylsilyl ether were optimized using cyclohexanone as a model compound. The best and reproducible results were obtained by using tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethansulfonate (TBDMSiOTf) as the silylating reagent and triethylamine as the base. Under these conditions, the 3,6,20-trione (8) was converted to 2,3-bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-5α-pregn-2-ene-6,20-dione (14) with a 66% yield.
将类
固醇邻二醇转化为不饱和衍
生物的方法进行了研究,目的是为了制备适合的前体,以将
氘或氚引入油菜素类分子中。模型邻二醇化合物
2α,3α-二羟基-5α-孕烷-6,20-二酮(3)以高区域选择性转化为α-羟基酮衍
生物2α-羟基-5α-孕烷-3,6,20-三酮(8),产率为75%。尝试将α-羟基酮8转化为二氧杂
环己烯衍
生物2α,3α-(异丙基亚甲基二氧基)-5α-孕-2-烯-6,20-二酮(6)失败。使用
环己酮作为模型化合物,优化了酮转化为相应烯醇三烷基
硅醚的条件。使用叔丁基二甲基
硅氧基
三氟甲磺酸酯(TB
DMSiOTf)作为
硅化试剂,
三乙胺作为碱,得到了最佳和可重复的结果。在这些条件下,3,6,20-三酮(8)以66%的产率转化为2,3-叔丁基二甲基
硅氧基-5α-孕-2-烯-6,20-二酮(14)。