The Δ4-3-ketosteroid analog (± )-4a-methyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2(3H) naphthalenone (1) is hydroxylated at both C-8α and C-8β by Rhizopusarrhizus ATCC 11145. The ratio of C-8α to C-8β hydroxylation is compared with that obtained from the peracid oxidation of 2-ethoxy-4a-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7-hexahydronaphthalene (4) and a mechanism is proposed for both microbial and chemical hydroxylation in which the stereochemistry of the product is transition state controlled. The significance of this to the mechanism of microbial C-6β hydroxylation of Δ4-3-ketosteroids is discussed.
Δ4-3-酮类固醇类似物(±)-4a-甲基-4,4a,5,6,7,8-六氢-2(3H)萘酮(1)被Rhizopusarrhizus ATCC 11145在C-8α和C-8β两个位置羟化。将C-8α与C-8β羟化的比率与2-乙氧基-4a-甲基-3,4,4a,5,6,7-六氢萘(4)的过酸化反应得到的比率进行比较,并提出了一种微生物和化学羟化的机理,其中产物的立体化学是过渡态控制的。讨论了这对微生物C-6β羟化的机理的意义。