| Literature DB >> 19225674 |
René Martin1, Arndt W Schmidt, Gabriele Theumer, Tilo Krause, Eugeni V Entchev, Teymuras V Kurzchalia, Hans-Joachim Knölker.
Abstract
We describe the stereoselective transformation of diosgenin (4a) to (25R)-Delta(4)-dafachronic acid (1a),(25R)-Delta(7)-dafachronic acid (2a), and (25R)-cholestenoic acid (3a), which represent potential ligands forthe hormonal receptor DAF-12 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Key-steps of our synthetic approach are amodified Clemmensen reduction of diosgenin (4a) and a double bond shift from the 5,6- to the 7,8-position. In the 25R-series, the Delta(7)-dafachronic acid 2a exhibits the highest hormonal activity.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19225674 DOI: 10.1039/b817358c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Biomol Chem ISSN: 1477-0520 Impact factor: 3.876