A process for the partial reduction of C21-steroid carboxylic acids and their esters to C21-steroid alcohols and new C21-steroid alcohols .DELTA.4,17(20)-C21-steroid carboxylic acids optionally containing further double bonds in the 1- and/or 9(11)-position and their esters corresponding to general formula I below ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical and A represents hydrogen, hydroxyl or, together with the C-atom substituted by A, a carbonyl group and in which, finally, the substituent A may even be replaced by an additional olefinic double bond in the 9(11)-position, are reacted with diisobutyl aluminium hydride without the A-ring in the steroid skeleton being blocked in such quantities that all the oxygen-containing functional groups are reduced to the hydroxyl group. The aluminium-containing intermediate reaction product is then subjected to the selective Oppenauer oxidation to form the 3-keto compound. The 3-oxo-C21-steroid alcohols may be obtained in high yields in this way. The process is suitable for the preparation of pharmacologically active steroid compounds having the 17,21-diol-20-one configuration. It enables the new compuonds, pregna-1,4,17(20)-triene-3-one-21-ol and pregna-1,4,9(11),17(20)-tetraene-3-one-21-ol and their 21-acetoxy compounds, to be obtained.
一种部分还原C21类
固醇羧酸和其酯为C21类
固醇醇和新的C21类
固醇醇.DELTA.4,17(20)-C21类
固醇羧酸,可选地在1-和/或9(11)-位置含有进一步的双键,以及它们的酯,对
二异丁基铝
氢化物进行反应,而不阻塞类
固醇骨架中的A环,使所有含氧官能团还原为羟基。然后将含铝的中间反应产物进行选择性Oppenauer氧化,形成3-酮化合物。通过这种方式可以高产率地获得3-氧代C21类
固醇醇。该过程适用于制备具有17,21
-二醇-20-酮构型的药理活性类
固醇化合物。它使得可以获得新的化合物,
孕酮-1,4,17(20)-
三烯-3-酮-21-醇和
孕酮-1,4,9(11),17(20)-四烯-3-酮-21-醇及其21-乙酰氧化合物。