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Catalytic oxidations of steroid substrates by artificial cytochrome p-450 enzymes.
Yang, Jerry,Gabriele, Bartolo,Belvedere, Sandro,Huang, Ying,Breslow, Ronald
, p. 5057 - 5067 (2007/10/03)
Catalysts comprising manganese-porphyrins carrying cyclodextrin binding groups are able to perform hydroxylations with substrate selectivity and regio- and stereoselectivity and high catalytic turnovers. The geometries of the catalyst/substrate complexes override intrinsic substrate reactivities, permitting attack on geometrically accessible saturated carbons of steroids in the presence of secondary carbinol groups and carbon-carbon double bonds, as in enzymatic reactions. Selective hydroxylations of steroid carbon 9 positions are of particular practical interest.