scholarly journals Electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 392-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek W Morzycki ◽  
Andrzej Sobkowiak

Indirect cholesterol electrochemical oxidation in the presence of various mediators leads to electrophilic addition to the double bond, oxidation at the allylic position, oxidation of the hydroxy group, or functionalization of the side chain. Recent studies have proven that direct electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol is also possible and affords different products depending on the reaction conditions.

1961 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1029-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Jefferson ◽  
Gladys Sisco

The yield of Aspergillus niger mycelium from a synthetic medium can be increased by the addition of microgram quantities of cholesterol, ergosterol, cholestanol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, stigmasterol, sitosterol, pregnenolone, and the vitamins D. The stimulation is not due to degradation to the acetate level. It is obtained only in highly aerated cultures. The rate of growth of Torula utilis was not increased. Both organisms were inhibited by desoxycorticosterone, testosterone, androstenedione, cortisone acetate, progesterone, and diethylstilbestrol. T. utilis was also inhibited by estradiol. A small decrease in progesterone inhibition of T. utilis was obtained by adding ergosterol, cholesterol, or pregnenolone. Of the compounds which have been adequately tested the order of stimulatory activity for A. niger is: ergosterol > cholesterol > stigmasterol > 7-dehydrocholesterol > cholestanol > pregnenolone. Progesterone was inhibitory at low concentrations but stimulatory at higher ones, while 17-hydroxyprogesterone was neither inhibitory nor stimulatory. Desoxycorticosterone and testosterone were inhibitory at all concentrations. Complete inhibition of the growth of the fungus was not obtained with any of the steroids. It is concluded that A. niger has a metabolic requirement for a steroid with a hydroxy group on carbon 3, a double bond in the 5–6 position, and a side chain similar to that in ergosterol or cholesterol and that this material is growth-limiting in the early stages of the cultures described.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-387
Author(s):  
Xia Zhao ◽  
Xiaoyu Lu ◽  
Lipeng Zhang ◽  
Tianjiao Li ◽  
Kui Lu

Aim and Objective: Pyrazolone sulfones have been reported to exhibit herbicidal and antibacterial activities. In spite of their good bioactivities, only a few methods have been developed to prepare pyrazolone sulfones. However, the substrate scope of these methods is limited. Moreover, the direct sulfonylation of pyrazolone by aryl sulfonyl chloride failed to give pyrazolone sulfones. Thus, developing a more efficient method to synthesize pyrazolone sulfones is very important. Materials and Method: Pyrazolone, aryl sulphonyl hydrazide, iodine, p-toluenesulphonic acid and water were mixed in a sealed tube, which was heated to 100°C for 12 hours. The mixture was cooled to 0°C and m-CPBA was added in batches. The mixture was allowed to stir for 30 min at room temperature. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography to afford sulfuryl pyrazolone. Results: In all cases, the sulfenylation products were formed smoothly under the optimized reaction conditions, and were then oxidized to the corresponding sulfones in good yields by 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (m-CPBA) in water. Single crystal X-ray analysis of pyrazolone sulfone 4aa showed that the major tautomer of pyrazolone sulfones was the amide form instead of the enol form observed for pyrazolone thioethers. Moreover, the C=N double bond isomerized to form an α,β-unsaturated C=C double bond. Conclusion: An efficient method to synthesize pyrazolone thioethers by iodine-catalyzed sulfenylation of pyrazolones with aryl sulfonyl hydrazides in water was developed. Moreover, this method was employed to synthesize pyrazolone sulfones in one-pot by subsequent sulfenylation and oxidation reactions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-610
Author(s):  
Nguyen T. Diep ◽  
Luu D. Huy

Background: Vietnam currently imports up to 90% of the pharmaceuticals it consumes and 100% of the steroid-based pharmaceuticals. The ability for efficient chemical synthesis of the steroids could create commercial opportunities to address this issue. Synthesis of 21-acetoxypregna-1,4,9(11)- triene-17α,21-diol-3,20-dione is considered a key intermediate in the scheme of steroidal drug synthesis. Previous synthesis attempts of such steroids (corticoids) introduce a double bond at C-1(2) in the final stage of synthesis, which delivers a poor yield and reduces the economic efficiency of the process. Objective: To study and develop a novel and effective method for the synthesis of 21-acetoxypregna- 1,4,9(11)-triene-17α,21-diol-3,20-dione. Methods: Using 9α-hydroxyandrostenedione as a substrate chemical synthesis was performed as follows: pregnane side chain construction at C-17 (acetylene method), introduction of C-1(2) double bond (using SeO2), epimerization of C-17 (via 17-ONO2 ester) and Stork’s iodination. Results: 21-acetoxypregna-1,4,9(11)-triene-17α,21-diol-3,20-dione was prepared from 9α- hydroxyandrostenedione with an improved yield compared to previous attempts. Conclusion: Here, 21-acetoxypregna-1,4,9(11)-triene-17α,21-diol-3,20-dione has been synthesized from 9α-hydroxyandrostenedione based on a novel, effective and commercially feasible scheme. The introduction of the C-1(2) double bond at an earlier stage of the synthesis has increased the economic efficiency of the entire process. For the first time, the indirect epimerization mechanism has been clarified along with the configuration of the C-17 stereo-center which has been confirmed using NOESY data.


1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1026-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Kuchař ◽  
Václav Vosátka ◽  
Marie Poppová ◽  
Eva Knězová ◽  
Vladimíra Panajotovová ◽  
...  

Analogs of 4-(2',4'-difluorobiphenyl-4-yl)-2-methyl-4-oxobutanoic acid (I, flobufen), containing a double bond (II, IV, V, VII, VIII) or a methyl group in position 3 (VI) were prepared. Their antiinflammatory activity was evaluated and compared with that of flobufen. None of the mentioned analogs reached the activity of the standard. Isomerization of the unsaturated derivatives is connected with a shift of the double bond, Z-E transformation or lactonization. Reaction conditions and spectra of the compounds prepared are described.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (45) ◽  
pp. 36075-36082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivashunmugam Sankaranarayanan ◽  
Gobi Selvam ◽  
Kannan Srinivasan

Isomerization of ethyl linoleate and vegetable oils to conjugated derivatives is achieved over an MgAl-LDH supported ruthenium catalyst under mild reaction conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azizuddin ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal ◽  
Syed Ghulam Musharraf

: For several decades, biotransformational studies on steroidal compounds have gained a lot of attention because it is an efficient approach for the structural modification of complicated natural or synthetic compounds with high regio-, chemo- and stereoselectivity at environmentally friendly conditions. This review summarizes the use of different strains of Cunninghamella blakesleeana for the biotransformation of sixteen steroids 1-16 into a variety of transformed products. The transformed products may be important as a drug or precursor for the production of important pharmaceuticals. The types of reactions performed by C. blakesleeana include hydroxylation, epoxidation, reduction, demethylation, oxidation, glycosidation, double bond formation, side-chain degradation, isomerisation and opening of an isoxazol ring, which would be difficult to produce by traditional synthesis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kakadiya ◽  
Yunus Pasha ◽  
Malleshappa Noolvi ◽  
Ashish Patel

: Tuberculosis remains a highly infectious disease across the world. In the identification of new antitubercular agents, coumarin clubbed thiadiazole amides have been synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antitubercular activity. Due to the growing concern about chemicals and their impact on the environment, greener and faster reaction conditions needed to be incorporated. Therefore, we used TBTU as a coupling reagent for efficient and facile synthesis of substituted-N-(5-((7-methyl-2-oxo-2H-chromes-4-yl)-methyl)-1,3, 4 - thiadiazol-2-yl)-benzamide 4a-j with good yields up to 95% in mild reaction condition. All the synthesized compounds were evaluated in vitro for antitubercular activity against the H37Rv strain of M.Tuberculosis. Compounds 4c, 4f, and 4j were found active at 25 µg/mL against M. tb H37Rv. Electron withdrawing substituents present on aromatic side-chain showed promising anti-tubercular activity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1039-1039
Author(s):  
Yingguo Fang and Jie Yan Yingguo Fang and Jie Yan

A novel and efficient alkoxylselenenylation from alkenes, diselenides, and alcohols mediated by iodine is developed, with which a series of β-alkoxy selenides are synthesized. In this procedure, firstly, I2 reacts with diselenide to form in situ the active electrophilic selenium species RSeI, then following an electrophilic addition of it to alkenes provides β-alkoxy selenides with high regioselectivity and in good yields. This new method for achieving β-alkoxy selenides has some advantages over other methods such as using available and cheap iodine as the oxidizing species at room temperature, which makes this reaction has milder reaction conditions and simpler procedure.


1970 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 4145-4148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuo Ikekawa ◽  
Yasushi Honma ◽  
Naoko Morisaki ◽  
Kiyoshi Sakai
Keyword(s):  

Tetrahedron ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (30) ◽  
pp. 4556-4563 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Pádua ◽  
N. Meitinger ◽  
M. Hennemann ◽  
P. Schebitz ◽  
R. Waibel ◽  
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