Selective reductions of steroid carbonyl groups with homogeneous catalysts containing iridium and rhodium
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications
- No. 3,p. 162-163
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c29700000162
Abstract
Steroid 2-, 3-, and 17-ketones can be reduced selectively with isopropyl alcohol, trimethyl phosphite, and sodium chloroiridate or tris(triphenylphosphine)-rhodium(I) chloride; stereospecific 2- and 3-reduction to the axial alcohol is best attained with the rhodium catalyst.Keywords
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