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Stereoselective aliphatic hydroxylation of 6‐n‐propylchromone‐2‐carboxylic acid by female Dutch rabbits
Author(s) -
Winter Steven M.,
Caldwell John
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
chirality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1520-636X
pISSN - 0899-0042
DOI - 10.1002/chir.530040103
Subject(s) - chemistry , hydroxylation , metabolite , stereoselectivity , stereochemistry , carboxylic acid , organic chemistry , enzyme , biochemistry , catalysis
6‐n‐Alkylchromone‐2‐carboxylic acids are metabolized solely by aliphatic oxidation. In the rabbit, the 6‐n‐propyl congener (PCCA) undergoes ω‐1 hydroxylation exclusively. Following administration of PCCA to female Dutch rabbits (500 μmol/kg), some 77% of the dose was excreted in the urine, 41% as PCCA and 36% as 6‐(2'‐hydroxy‐n‐propyl)chromone‐2‐carboxylic acid. Since this metabolite is chiral, we have examined the stereochemistry of the excreted material. Diastereoisomeric (as camphanate and α‐methoxy‐α‐(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetate esters) and direct chiral HPLC and chiral lanthanide shift NMR have each shown the S:R ratio of the excreted metabolite to be 76:24. When rabbits were dosed with the racemic metabolite, excretion of the compound was not stereoselective. The regio‐ and stereo‐selectivity of the aliphatic hydroxylation of PCCA are thus reflections of the selectivities of the enzyme systems responsible for its formation and suggest PCCA to be an appropriate probe compound for the study of prochiral‐chiral hydroxylations.