Photochemistry of Steroid 4-en-3-one 11α-Nitrites. A Novel Synthesis of A-Nor-B-homo Steroids

15 January 1971

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Vol. 49 (2) , 344-345
https://doi.org/10.1139/v71-057

Abstract

Photolysis of some 11 α-hydroxysteroid 4-en-3-one nitrites afforded 1-oximinosteroid 4-en-3-ones and 9a-methyl-B(9a)-homo-A-norsteroid 3(5),9a-dien-2-ones. Chemical and physical evidence for the latter, as well as a plausible mechanism for the transformation, is presented.

Keywords

PHOTOCHEMISTRY
HYDROXYSTEROID
NITRITES
METHYL
PLAUSIBLE
DIEN
OXIMINOSTEROID

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