BIOSYNTHETIC-STUDIES OF MARINE LIPIDS .24. EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF AN UNPRECEDENTED CYCLOPROPANE-]CYCLOPROPANE REARRANGEMENT IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE SPONGE STEROL PETROSTEROL

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DOSS, GA [1 ]
PROUDFOOT, JR [1 ]
SILVA, CJ [1 ]
DJERASSI, C [1 ]
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[1] STANFORD UNIV,DEPT CHEM,STANFORD,CA 94305
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10.1021/ja00157a047
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The marine sterol petrosterol (1) is shown to be biosynthesized from 24-methylenecholesterol (4) via an unprecedented cyclopropane → cyclopropane rearrangement presumably involving a protonated species of dihydrocalysterol (3). Such rearrangement was confirmed by feeding [28-14C]-24-methylenecholesterol (4) to the sponge Cribrocalina vasculum and demonstrating that thel4C label, originally at C-28 in 4, has migrated to C-24 in 1. Acid-catalyzed cyclopropane ring opening of 1—a key step in the degradation scheme for locating the label—was studied in detail and shown to be accompanied by an unexpected rearrangement process. © 1990, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
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