Synthesis of 3beta, 7alpha, 11alpha-trihydroxy-pregn-21-benzylidene-5-en-20-one derivatives and their cytotoxic activities.
A series of novel 3beta, 7alpha, 11alpha-trihydroxy-pregn-21-benzylidene-5-en-20-one derivatives were synthesized and characterized by NMR, HRMS. The pregnenolone (1) was first biotransformed by Mucor circinelloides var lusitanicus to 3beta, 7alpha, 11alpha-trihydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one (3), then 3 was treated with various benzaldehydes to produce 3beta, 7alpha, 11alpha-trihydroxy-pregn-21-benzylidene-5-en-20-one derivatives. These derivatives showed remarkable activity against EC109 cells. The absolute configuration of 3 was also confirmed by signal-crystal X-ray analysis.
New Drug Research and Development Center of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Li-Hong
LH
Shan
Hong-Min
HM
Liu
Ke-Xue
KX
Huang
Gui-Fu
GF
Dai
Chen
C
Cao
Rui-Jing
RJ
Dong
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009089:Mucor / Q000378:metabolism; D011284:Pregnenolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011284:Pregnenolone