Reduction of primary and secondary steroidal alcohols via their mesylates and tosylates with sodium iodide and zinc dust in 1,2-dimethoxyethane is shown to be a mild and simple preparative method for removing the hydroxyl from polyfunctional compounds. It may be successfully applied to substances with an isolated double bond, a keto group, a α-hydroxyketo, α,α'-dihydroxyketo, or α,β-unsaturated keto grouping, an isolated tertiary hydroxyl, an epoxide ring or a nitrile group. All these functions are not affected.
通过使用碘化钠和锌粉在1,2-二甲氧基乙烷中还原主要和次要类固醇醇的甲磺酸酯和对甲苯磺酸酯,被证明是一种温和而简单的制备方法,用于去除多功能化合物中的羟基。该方法可以成功应用于具有孤立双键、酮基、α-羟基酮、α,α'-二羟基酮或α,β-不饱和酮基团、孤立三级羟基、环氧环或腈基的物质。所有这些功能都不受影响。