The epoxidation of androstane and pregnane 2,4-dienes

Hanson J., KIRAN İ.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH-S, no.12, pp.692-696, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1039/a905429d
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH-S
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.692-696
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The epoxidation of 6 beta-acetoxyandrosta-2,4-diene-17-one, 6 beta-acetoxypregna-2,4-diene-20-one and the corresponding 6-ketones with m-chloroperbenzoic acid is shown to give, unexpectedly, the 4 alpha,5 alpha-monoepoxides.