A Convenient Synthesis of 5,6β-Epoxides of Some Cholesteryl Esters and Δ5-Ketosteroid Derivatives by Catalytic β-Stereoselective Epoxidation
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1989 (05) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1989-27261
Abstract
The epoxidation of a series of cholesteryl esters by air in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium tetramesitylporphyrin complex is described. The preparative procedure, which requires only 4 to 5 mol % of the catalyst, leads to high conversion (76 to 94 %) and very high β-stereoselectivity (> 99 %). Similar results are obtained in the epoxidation of 3β-acetoxyandrost-5-ene-17-one, 3β-acetoxypregn-5-ene-20-one, and 3,3-ethylenedioxycholest-5-ene.Keywords
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