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The Mechanism of the Microbial Hydroxylation of Steroids. Part 2. Hydroxylation of a Δ4-3-Ketosteroid Analog by Rhizopus arrhizus ATCC 11145

Herbert L. Holland, Barbara J. Auret

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The Δ4-3-ketosteroid analog (± )-4a-methyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2(3H) naphthalenone (1) is hydroxylated at both C-8α and C-8β by Rhizopusarrhizus ATCC 11145. The ratio of C-8α to C-8β hydroxylation is compared with that obtained from the peracid oxidation of 2-ethoxy-4a-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7-hexahydronaphthalene (4) and a mechanism is proposed for both microbial and chemical hydroxylation in which the stereochemistry of the product is transition state controlled. The significance of this to the mechanism of microbial C-6β hydroxylation of Δ4-3-ketosteroids is discussed.

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The Δ4-3-ketosteroid analog (± )-4a-methyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2(3H) naphthalenone (1) is hydroxylated at both C-8α and C-8β by Rhizopusarrhizus ATCC 11145. The ratio of C-8α to C-8β hydroxylation is compared with that obtained from the peracid oxidation of 2-ethoxy-4a-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7-hexahydronaphthalene (4) and a mechanism is proposed for both microbial and chemical hydroxylation in which the stereochemistry of the product is transition state controlled. The significance of this to the mechanism of microbial C-6β hydroxylation of Δ4-3-ketosteroids is discussed.

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The Δ4-3-ketosteroid analog (± )-4a-methyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2(3H) naphthalenone (1) is hydroxylated at both C-8α and C-8β by Rhizopusarrhizus ATCC 11145. The ratio of C-8α to C-8β hydroxylation is compared with that obtained from the peracid oxidation of 2-ethoxy-4a-methyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7-hexahydronaphthalene (4) and a mechanism is proposed for both microbial and chemical hydroxylation in which the stereochemistry of the product is transition state controlled. The significance of this to the mechanism of microbial C-6β hydroxylation of Δ4-3-ketosteroids is discussed.

Key concepts: Chemistry, Hydroxylation, Ketosteroid, Rhizopus arrhizus, Stereochemistry, Organic chemistry, Enzyme, Lipase

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