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The combination of an androstane-3,17-diol nucleus and a 2β-N-alkylamidopiperazino sidechain is important for the anticancer activity of a new family of steroid derivatives. As the structure-activity relationship studies have so far been limited to the beta orientation of the substituent at position 2 of the steroid nucleus, a series of analogs (compounds 1–4) were synthesized to investigate the impact on biological activity of A-ring substitution. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, especially using a series of 2D experiments, such as correlation spectroscopy (COSY), homonuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY), heteronuclear single-quantum correlation (HSQC), and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation (HMBC) provided crucial information that was found essential in confirming the sidechain position and orientation of compounds 1–4. Assessment of their antiproliferative activity on leukemia HL-60 cells confirmed the best efficiency of the 2β-sidechain/3α-OH orientation (compound 1) compared to the other configurations tested (compounds 2–4).

Synthesis, NMR Characterization, and Antileukemic Activity of N-Nonanoylpiperazinyl-5α-Androstane-3α,17β-Diol A-Ring Derivatives