Process for the preparation of pregnane derivatives
申请人:Schering Aktiengesellschaft
公开号:US04102908A1
公开(公告)日:1978-07-25
A process for the preparation of pregnane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl and R.sub.2 is methyl, ethyl, formyl, or acetyl, comprises reacting a nitrate ester of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is as above, in the presence of a catalytic amount of a mercury salt of a lower carboxylic acid with formic acid or acetic acid in a dipolar aprotic or basic solvent or with methanol or ethanol in an aprotonic, especially water-miscible, solvent in the presence of a mineral acid.