title: On reaction of sterol hydroperoxides with superoxide.
abstract: Reduction of sterol hydroperoxides 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-6-ene-5-hydroperoxide and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroperoxide by KO2 (or other strong base in air) solubilized by crown ether in dimethylsulfoxide gave only corresponding alcohols, but in the presence of cholesterol (or other sterols) gave 3 beta-hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one together with the corresponding alcohols. Both hydroperoxides likewise gave the corresponding alcohol and ketone products with KO2 in benzene and in oxidations by ceric ammonium nitrate in a biphasic system. The 7-ketone product is recognized as deriving from termination reactions of sterol peroxyl and/or oxyl radicals.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013481:Superoxides
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D013481:Superoxides; C041011:cholesterol 7-hydroperoxide; C002843:cholesterol hydroperoxide; D002784:Cholesterol