The mechanism of C-21 dehydroxylation of tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone by Eubacterium lentum
Abstract
The C-21 hydroxy group of C-17 and C-21 deuterium labelled tetrahydrooxycorticosterone is removed by the anaerobic bacteria Eubacterium lentum with retention of deuterium label at C-17α and loss of one of the two deuterium atoms originally present at C-21.