Methoxylation of enolizable steroidal 4-ene-3-ones using hypervalent iodine
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 14,p. 1092-1093
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860001092
Abstract
Reaction of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (1) with o-iodosylbenzoic acid in methanolic potassium hydroxide gave the methoxylated products, the 4- and 6β-methoxides (2) and (3), along with the dehydrogenated compound, the 4,6-dienone (4).Keywords
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