Preparation and Crystal Structure of 12β,15α-dihydroxyprogesterone

Progesterone(1) was biotransformed into the title compound 12β,15α-dihydroxy-progesterone(2) with Colletotrichum lini AS3.4486.The biotransformation process was monitored with HPLC.The structure of 2 was determined by 1H NMR,13C NMR,ESI-MS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.The crystal of the compound belongs to orthorhombic,space group P212121 with a = 8.0671(9),b = 12.3970(15),c = 18.532(3) ,Z = 4,V = 1853.3(4)3,Dc = 1.242 mg/m3,μ = 0.084 mm-1,F(000) = 752,R = 0.0373 and wR = 0.0850.Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that a 1D supramolecular structure of 2 has been constructed by multiply intermolecular O(2)-H(2)…O(4) and O(3)-H(3)…O(2) H-bonding interactions.