A Pd-C-catalyzed hydrogenation in methanol and in the presence of sodium methylate is a simple, convenient and high yielding reduction method to convert the 7,14-dien-6-one ecdysteroids to their corresponding 7,8 alpha-dihydro-14 alpha-deoxyecdysteroids. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
A Pd-C-catalyzed hydrogenation in methanol and in the presence of sodium methylate is a simple, convenient and high yielding reduction method to convert the 7,14-dien-6-one ecdysteroids to their corresponding 7,8 alpha-dihydro-14 alpha-deoxyecdysteroids. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.