Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2028146 | Steroids | 2010 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
A series of 3-, 7-, 15-, and 16-methyl-substituted steroid analogs were synthesized via a highly stereoselective 1,6-conjugate addition. Under the catalysis of CuBr, AlMe3 reacted with four steroid dienone precursors to afford either the corresponding α-epimer of C-3 and C-7 methyl-substituted steroids as the major products, and the ratio of α/β was up to 10/1. No β-epimer has been detected for methyl addition at C-16. However, under the same reaction conditions, enantioselective methyl addition at C-15 afforded the 15β-epimer as the major product. The preliminary SAR analysis showed that the methyl substituents at C-7α and C-15β positions lead to a dramatical increase in potency against human gastric cancer cell line MGC-803.
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Authors
Chun Li, Wenwei Qiu, Zhengfeng Yang, Jian Luo, Fan Yang, Mingyao Liu, Juan Xie, Jie Tang,