Stereospecific epoxidation by air of cholest-5-ene derivatives catalysed by a ruthenium porphyrin
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 4,p. 298-299
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39880000298
Abstract
A ruthenium porphyrin catalyses the epoxidation of several cholest-5-ene derivatives by air in high yield and with nearly complete β-stereospecificity; C-3-unprotected cholesterol is unaffected, but cholesteryl acetate gives nearly pure (>99%) 5β,6β-epoxide.Keywords
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