Publications by authors named "Hisao Matsuzaki"

The mechanistic aspects of the alkali-catalyzed rearrangement of 16alpha-hydroxy-17-keto steroid 1 to 17beta-hydroxy-16-keto steroid 2 are elucidated by use of (18)O- and deuterium-labeling experiments. The (18)O-labeling experiments refute the gem-hydration-quasi-diaxial dehydration mechanism for the rearrangement previously proposed and support the conventional enolization mechanism. Moreover, equilibrium by gem-hydration-dehydration occurs at the C-17 carbonyl more efficiently than at the C-16 carbonyl.

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Diels-Alder reactions between N-phenylmaleimide, acting as the dienophile, and 2(1H)-pyridones having a methoxy or a chloro substituent, were carried out, under atmospheric and high pressure conditions, to give the corresponding isoquinuclidine derivatives. Stereoselectivity of the Diels-Alder reactions was studied using molecular orbital calculations.

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To explore a stereochemistry of hydrogen removal at C-1 of the powerful aromatase inhibitor 2-methyleneandrostenedione (1), of which the A-ring conformation is markedly different from that of the natural substrate androstenedione (AD), in the course of the aromatase-catalyzed A-ring aromatization producing 2-methylestrone (2), we synthesized [1alpha-2H]labeled steroid 1 and its [1beta-2H]stereoisomer, and the metabolic fate of the C-1 deuterium in aromatization was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in each. Parallel experiments with the natural substrates [1alpha-2H] and [1beta-2H]ADs were also carried out. The GC-MS analysis indicated that 2-methyl estrogen 2 produced from [1alpha-2H]labeled substrate 1 retained completely the 1alpha-deuterium (1beta-H elimination), while product 2 obtained from [1beta-2H]isomer 1 lost completely the 1beta-deuterium.

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A novel Diels-Alder (DA) reaction with 4-nitro-1(2H)-isoquinolones acting as the dienophile afforded 5(6H)-phenanthridone derivatives. The DA reaction of 4-nitro-1(2H)-isoquinolone with 1-methoxy-1,3-butadiene gave biologically active 5(6H)-phenanthridone possessing in a high yield. Regioselectivity of 4-nitro-1(2H)-isoquinolones with 1-methoxy-3-silyloxy-1,3-butadiene was calculated using molecular orbital (MO) calculations.

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Diels-Alder reactions of 3-nitro-2(1H)-quinolones with 1,3-butadiene derivatives were carried out to give the phenanthridone derivatives under both atmospheric and high pressure conditions. Furthermore, the reactivity of 3-substituted 2(1H)-quinolones acting as a dienophile with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene was examined using molecular orbital (MO) calculation.

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The reactions of benzo[h]quinoline N-oxide with methylsulfinyl carbanion and deuterated methylsulfinyl carbanion, respectively, were studied theoretically. Differences in yield between these reactions were explained using ab initio molecular orbital methods by considering the zero-point energy correction and the barrier penetration effect. In these reactions, two transition states affected the total reaction rate.

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Cycloadditions of 1,3-butadiene derivatives having an electron-rich group at the 1-position with 4- or 3-substituted 2(1H)-quinolones were carried out to give the richly functionalized phenanthridines under both atmospheric and high pressure conditions. Furthermore, the reactivity of 4- or 3-substituted 2(1H)-quinolones acting as a dienophile with 1-substituted dienes was examined using MO calculation.

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To gain insight into the nature of the substrate binding site and the catalytic function of aromatase, we studied the inhibition of androstenedione aromatization by 4beta,5beta-epoxy-16alpha-hydroxyandrostenedione (4) and its 19-hydroxy and 19-oxo derivatives, 5 and 6, as well as the biochemical aromatization of these steroids in human placental microsomes. The 19-methyl and 19-oxo compounds, 4 and 6, were weak competitive inhibitors of aromatase, with apparent K(i) values of 246 microM and 270 microM, respectively, whereas the 19-hydroxy compound 5 inhibited aromatase in a non-competitive manner with the K(i) of 135 microM. The 19-methyl compound 4 inactivated aromatase in a time-dependent manner with k(inact) of 0.

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Cycloaddition of 1-methyl-2(1H)-quinolones with electron-withdrawing groups such as methoxycarbonyl, cyano, and acetyl groups, at the 3 or 4-position with 2,3-dimethoxy- and 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes afforded stereoselectively phenanthridone derivatives under atmospheric and high pressures. Furthermore, regioselectivities of the cycloaddition of 3- or 4-substituted 2 (1H)-quinolones with 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadiene were examined using MO calculation.

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