An unusualD-homo-rearrangement of a 14α,17β,20α-trihydroxywithanolide. Crystal and molecular structure of 5-hydroxy-14α,17α-epoxy-17β-methyl-5β-D-homoandrostan-1,17a-dione
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 12,p. 461-462
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39760000461
Abstract
Cleavage of the C(20)–C(22) bond in a derivative of withanolide E (1), followed by oxidation, afforded the D-homoandrostane derivative (2), whose structure was determined by X-ray analysis; the mechanistic aspects of this unusual rearrangement are discussed.Keywords
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