Highly β‐Selective Epoxidation of Δ
5
‐Unsaturated Steroids Catalyzed by Ketones
摘要:
A general catalytic and environmentally friendly method for beta-epoxidation of Delta(5)-unsaturated steroids has been developed, which uses ketones as the catalysts and Oxone as the terminal oxidant. A whole range of Delta(5)-unsaturated steroids, which bear different functional groups such as hydroxyl, carbonyl, acetyl, or ketal, as well as different side chains, were conveniently converted to the corresponding synthetically and biologically interesting 5 beta,5 beta-epoxides with excellent beta-selectivities and high yields.
12,13-Epoxy-<i>C</i>-nor-<i>D</i>-homosteroids. VIH. Transformation of 12α,13α-Epoxyetiojerv-5-ene-3,17-dione 3,3-Ethylene Acetal into Testosterone
作者:Akio Murai、Noriaki Iwasa、Tadashi Masamune
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.53.259
日期:1980.1
Transformation of the title epoxy ketone (2) into testosterone (1), which implies synthesis of the hormone 1 from jervine, is described. Irradiation of 2 by a low-pressure lamp in dioxane afforded an androstane-12,17-dione derivative, which was reduced regioselectively with lithium tri-t-butoxyaluminium hydride to give 12β-hydroxy ketone (5). The compound 5 was transformed via a. four-step process into androstan-4-ene-3,17-dione, which was converted into 1 by a known procedure. The overall yield amounted to 1.8% from jervine.
A general catalytic and environmentally friendly method for beta-epoxidation of Delta(5)-unsaturated steroids has been developed, which uses ketones as the catalysts and Oxone as the terminal oxidant. A whole range of Delta(5)-unsaturated steroids, which bear different functional groups such as hydroxyl, carbonyl, acetyl, or ketal, as well as different side chains, were conveniently converted to the corresponding synthetically and biologically interesting 5 beta,5 beta-epoxides with excellent beta-selectivities and high yields.
Highly efficient nucleophilic addition of alkyl Grignard reagents to 17-ketosteroids in the presence of cerium(III) chloride: Synthesis of 17α-propyl-17β-hydroxy-4-androsten-3-one, an androgen receptor antagonist
作者:Xun Li、Shankar M. Singh、Fernand Labrie
DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88011-5
日期:1994.2
The addition of alkyl Grignardreagents to sterically hindered 17-ketosteroids was significantly enhanced by anhydrous cerium(III) chloride with notable suppression of abnormal reactions, while the addition products were obtained in good to excellent yields and high stereoselectivity.