Stereoselective and regioselective reduction of steroid ketones by potassium tri(R,S-s-butyl) borohydride
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 21,p. 1239-1240
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820001239
Abstract
Potassium tri(R,S-s-butyl)borohydride reduces 3-oxo-steroids of the 5α- and 5β-series to the axial alcohol under conditions in which the 17-and 20-ketone groups remain unaffected.Keywords
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