Structure and absolute configuration of 20β-hydroxyprednisolone, a biotransformed product of predinisolone by the marine endophytic fungus penicilium lapidosum

Sadia Sultan, Muhammad Zaimi Bin Mohd Noor, El Hassane Anouar, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Fatimah Salim, Rohani Rahim, Zuhra Bashir Khalifa Al Trabolsy, Jean Frédéric Faizal Weber

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Abstract

The anti-inflammatory drug predinisolone (1) was reduced to 20β-hydroxyprednisolone (2) by the marine endophytic fungus Penicilium lapidosum isolated from an alga. The structural elucidation of 2 was achieved by 1D- and 2D-NMR, MS, IR data. Although, 2 is a known compound previously obtained through microbial transformation, the data provided failed to prove the C20 stereochemistry. To solve this issue, DFT and TD-DFT calculations have been carried out at the B3LYP/6-31+G (d,p) level of theory in gas and solvent phase. The absolute configuration of C20 was eventually assigned by combining experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra and 3JHH chemical coupling constants.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13775-13787
Number of pages13
JournalMolecules
Volume19
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Sep 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 20β-hydroxyprednisolone
  • DFT
  • ECD spectra
  • endophytes
  • Penicilium lapidosum
  • TD-DFT

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