名称:
                                Transformed steroids. 193. Synthesis of 16?,17?-isopropylidene derivatives of pregn-4-ene-9?,16?,17?,21-tetraol-3,20-dione and its 17?-thioanalog
                             
                            
                                摘要:
                                A study was carried out on the pathways for the transformation of 16alpha,17alpha-epoxypregn-4-ene-9alpha,21-diol-3,20-dione to give 16alpha,17alpha-isopropylidene derivatives of pregn-4-ene-9alpha,16alpha,17alpha,21-tetraol-3,20-dione and its 17alpha-thioanalog. The key step in this pathway is the cis-cleavage of the 20-carboethoxyhydrazone of this epoxide by acetic and thioacetic acids and subsequent condensation of the products formed with acetone. This pathway is an efficient approach to the synthesis of the 16alpha,17alpha-dioxolane derivative and is equally efficient for preparation of the thioanalog, namely, 16alpha,17alpha-isopropylidenepregn-4-ene-9alpha,16alpha,21-triol-17alpha-thiol-3,20-dione, which has already been synthesized by an alternative method.