51503-09-4Relevant articles and documents
Chemical synthesis and evaluation of 17α-alkylated derivatives of estradiol as inhibitors of steroid sulfatase
Fournier, Diane,Poirier, Donald
, p. 4227 - 4237 (2011/11/12)
Steroid sulfatase (STS) controls the levels of 3-hydroxysteroids available from circulating steroid sulfates in several normal and malignant tissues. This and the known involvement of active estrogens and androgens in diseases such as breast and prostate cancers thus make STS an interesting therapeutic target. Here we describe the chemical synthesis and characterization of an extended series of 17α-derivatives of estradiol (E2) using different strategies. A variant of the samarium-Barbier reaction with stoichiometric samarium metal and catalytic Kagan reagent formation was used for introducing low reactive benzyl substrates in position 17 of estrone (E1) whereas heterocyclic substrates were metalated and reacted with either the carbonyl or the 17-oxirane of E1. In vitro evaluation of the inhibitory potency of the new compounds against STS identified new inhibitors and allowed a more complete structure-activity relationship study of this family of 17α-derivatives of E2.
New Methods of Formation of Meta-Substituted Aromatic Compounds
Adams, Julian,Belley, Michel
, p. 3878 - 3881 (2007/10/02)
The addition of organolithium reagents to the oxa tricyclic ketone 1 occurs stereospecifically to produce the corresponding tertiary carbinols 2a-d.When the alcohols 2a-d are treated with TiCl4, ring fragmentation and dehydration occur to produce good yields of 5,6-dihydrobenzaldehydes 3a-d.Oxidation of aldehydes 3a-d then leads to the corresponding meta-substituted benzaldehydes 4a-d.Alternatively, use of the Lewis acid Me2BBr did not stop at the dihydrobenzaldehyde stage.Tautomerization of the diene aldehydes 3a-d produced meta-substituted benzyl alcohols 7a-d or benzyl bromides 8a-d under prolonged reaction times.The addition of silica gel to the reactions accelerated the formation of the benzyl bromides.
