The aromatization of some 3-substituted 5α,6α-epoxysteroids

1 January 1972

journal article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

Vol. 16, 1981-1983
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19720001981

Abstract

4-Methyloestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one and small amounts of androst-4-ene-6,17-dione and a 17-oxoanthrasteroid are formed when 3-substituted 5α,6α-epoxyandrostan-17-ones are treated with hydrobromic acid in glacial acetic acid.

Keywords

AROMATIZATION
SUBSTITUTED
GLACIAL ACETIC
6Α EPOXYANDROSTAN
ACETIC ACID
HYDROBROMIC ACID
SMALL AMOUNTS
6Α EPOXYSTEROIDS
DIONE