Synthesis and Biological Activity Of Unsymmetrical Bis-Steroidal Pyrazines Related to the Cytotoxic Marine Natural Product Cephalostatin 1
摘要:
A mild, high-yielding synthesis of symmetrical steroidal pyrazines was achieved from the dimerization of 2-amino-3-ketosteroids, which were produced in situ from the triphenylphosphine-water reduction of the corresponding alpha-azido ketone. 2-Azidocholestan-3-one gave the dimeric steroidal pyrazine very cleanly, and two known dimeric pyrazines based on androstanone were also made using this methodology. Both C-2-symmetric geometric isomers of the dimeric steroidal pyrazine derived from cholestane were prepared by reaction of 2,3-diaminocholestane with cholestane-2,3-dione. A route to unsymmetrical bis-steroidal pyrazines was based on the observation that alpha-acetoxy ketones react with alpha-amino oximes directly with no need for oxidation of intermediate dihydropyrazines. Heating either 2 beta,17 beta-dihydroxyandrostan-3-one diacetate or 2 beta,17 beta-dihydroxyhecogenin-3-one diacetate with 2-amino-3-methoxyiminocholestane in toluene at 145 degrees C gave the corresponding unsymmetrical pyrazine in moderate yield. Five of the steroidal pyrazines were evaluated in the National Cancer Institute's new in vitro, disease-oriented antitumor screen, but none showed sufficient activity to warrant in vivo investigation.
imidazolium amphiphiles that show tunable antifungalactivity in a variety of fungal pathogens of the genus Candida. We show that adoption of an ergosterol-derived backbone increases antifungalactivity while modestly affecting hemolyticactivity, thereby increasing overall selectivity by more than 8-fold in comparison to cholesterol-derived imidazolium salts. We hypothesize that this effect is caused by
The oxidation of Δ2, Δ2,4 and Δ4,6 steroids with RuO4
作者:Domenica Musumeci、Giovanni N Roviello、Donato Sica
DOI:10.1016/j.steroids.2003.11.003
日期:2004.3
In order to find new ways for the functionalization of the A and B rings of the steroid nucleus, the reaction of 5alpha-androst-2-en-17beta-ol 17-acetate (1), cholesta-2,4-diene (4) and cholesta-4,6-dien-3beta-ol 3-acetate (7) was examined using stoichiometric amounts of ruthenium tetraoxide to yield 1,2-cis diols and/or alpha-hydroxy ketones. The reaction of 5alpha-cholest-2-en-3-ol 3-acetate (9) with ruthenium tetraoxide was also carried out and afforded, apart from an alpha-hydroxy ketone, also a diketone and a seco-dicarboxylic acid. The structures of all new steroids, including stereochemical details, were deduced by analysis of spectral data. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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