Steroids and related products. XLVI. The regiospecific α-hydroxymethylation of saturated carbonyl compounds via preformed enolate ions. An improved synthesis of 17-hydroxymethyl 20-keto steroids
摘要:
As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogesterone; either by selective acetylation in position 17(1) and subsequent Jones oxidation, followed by hydrolysis, or by conversion to the 4,5-dibromo 3-ketone - by bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide-bromine oxidation or by dibromination and oxidation with N-bromoacetamde - and debromination with zinc and acetic acid.
Mukherjee,D.; Engel,C.R., Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1978, vol. 56, p. 410 - 418
作者:Mukherjee,D.、Engel,C.R.
DOI:——
日期:——
Steroids and related products. XLVI. The regiospecific α-hydroxymethylation of saturated carbonyl compounds via preformed enolate ions. An improved synthesis of 17-hydroxymethyl 20-keto steroids
作者:D. Mukherjee、Ch.R. Engel
DOI:10.1016/s0039-128x(79)80021-5
日期:1979.11
As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogesterone; either by selective acetylation in position 17(1) and subsequent Jones oxidation, followed by hydrolysis, or by conversion to the 4,5-dibromo 3-ketone - by bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide-bromine oxidation or by dibromination and oxidation with N-bromoacetamde - and debromination with zinc and acetic acid.