Conformational studies of two new brassinosteroid analogues with a 22,23-trans diol function
Abstract
22,24-Diepiteasterone (3) and 23,24-diepiteasterone (4) were synthesized starting from a mixture of the corresponding (22S,23S)- and (22R,23R)-epoxides. Using detailed NOE investigations and molecular dynamic simulations with explicit solvent, the preferred conformations of both compounds were determined in solution. For both compounds 3 and 4 a preferred conformation of the side chain was found. For 4, by X-ray analysis the conformation in crystalline state was determined which differs distinctly from that in solution.