Addition of Arylzirconium Tributoxides to 17-Ketosteroids
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry in HETEROCYCLES
- Vol. 29 (9) , 1773-1779
- https://doi.org/10.3987/com-89-5042
Abstract
Reaction of 17-oxoandrost-2,4-dieno[2,3-d]isoxazole 3 with arylzirconium tributoxides gives the corresponding C-17 aryl carbinols. Arylzirconium tributoxides are selective nucleophiles towards readily enolizable 17-ketosteroids and are less basic than lithium and Grignard reagents.Keywords
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