Absolute configuration assignment of stigmasterol oxiranes

• Published in: Chirality (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 396 - 420
• Main Authors: Fuentes‐Figueroa, Miguel Á., Joseph‐Nathan, Pedro, Burgueño‐Tapia, Eleuterio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Absolute configuration; Acetates; Acetic acid; Biological activity; Circular Dichroism; Configurations; Cytotoxicity; Dichroism; Epoxy Compounds; Molecular Structure; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Oxidation; Oxides; Stereoisomerism; Stigmasterol; stigmasterol epoxides; stigmasterol oxiranes; Toxicity; Vibration; vibrational circular dichroism; stigmasterol epoxides; stigmasterol oxiranes; absolute configuration; nuclear magnetic resonance; vibrational circular dichroism
• ISSN: 0899-0042; 1520-636X
• DOI: 10.1002/chir.23390

Diastereoisomeric stigmasterol oxiranes 4, 5, 8, and 9 are known phytosterol oxidation products (POPs) that have been evaluated for their cytotoxicity, although the results are of limited significance since, in most cases, they were evaluated as mixtures. Consequently, to establish biological activity hierarchy of these oxides, it is critical to evaluate individual pure POPs. Therefore, we now describe the obtention of individual molecules and their absolute configuration (AC) determination. The two acetylated C‐5−C‐6 oxiranes 6 and 7; the two acetylated C‐22−C‐23 oxides 10 and 11, obtained by means of Δ5 double bond protection‐deprotection; and the four C‐5−C‐6, C‐22−C‐23 diepoxystigmasteryl acetates 19–22 were now individually gained and their AC determined by vibrational circular dichroism. Vibrational modes associated with the C‐5−C‐6 and the C‐22−C‐23 bonds were identified in dioxiranes 19–22 and used to assign the AC of monoepoxides 6, 7, 10, and 11. The AC of biological active non‐acetylated molecules follows immediately. Due to the scarce spectroscopic information available for these POPs, the 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts of 3–22 were assigned using 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR experiments.