Biocatalytic Synthesis of Diamondoid Diols by the Brown-Rot Fungus Wolfiporia cocos.

ABSTRACT: The CH-oxidative activity of Wolfiporia cocos cultures of different ages was studied utilizing diamondoid derivatives as conformationally rigid models. Adamantane-1-ol and 1-bromoadamantane, traditional precursors for the synthesis of polysubstituted adamantanes, gave qualitatively similar reaction mixtures in which adamantane diols dominated. While the reactions occurred with high preparative yields, the biotransformation does not display clear differences from classic electrophilic or radical adamantane functionalization reactions. In contrast, the fungal oxidation of diamantane-4-ol occurred with unexpected selectivity yielding diamantane-4,9-diol and diamantane-1,9-diol. The latter product is quite uncharacteristic for diamantane chemistry because the most deactivated CH-position is at

SUBMITTER: Nikitenkova VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12862244 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature