Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 26, 1068-1078, Copyright © 1985 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of bile acids. Development of two-dimensional NMR methods for the elucidation of proton resonance assignments for five common hydroxylated bile acids, and their parent bile acid, 5 beta-cholanoic acid
DV Waterhous, S Barnes and DD Muccio
The complete 1H nuclear magnetic resonance assignments have been made for
the common mono-, di-, and trihydroxy 5 beta-cholanoic acids; lithocholic
acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid, cholic
acid, and the unsubstituted parent compound, 5 beta-cholanoic acid, by
heteronuclear-correlated two-dimensional NMR. The known 13C chemical shifts
of these compounds were used to make the proton resonance assignments, and
consistency of the carbon and proton assignments was verified by expected
changes due to substituent effects. This has led to clarification of
previously published 13C NMR resonance assignments. Addition of the 3
alpha, 7 alpha, and 12 alpha hydroxyl substituent effects derived from the
mono- and dihydroxycholanoic acids yielded predicted values for proton
chemical shifts of the trihydroxy-substituted 5 beta-cholanoic acid, cholic
acid, that agreed well with experimental values. It is suggested that the
individual substituent effects can be used to predict proton chemical
shifts for hydroxycholanic acids containing other combinations of 3 alpha,
7 alpha, 7 beta, and 12 alpha hydroxyl groups.