STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF A NEW HEXANOR(C-13-C-28)CASTASTERONE-20,22-ETHYL DIETHER FROM 16-DEHYDROPREGNENOLONE ACETATE AND ITS PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY
Bg. Hazra et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF A NEW HEXANOR(C-13-C-28)CASTASTERONE-20,22-ETHYL DIETHER FROM 16-DEHYDROPREGNENOLONE ACETATE AND ITS PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY, Tetrahedron, 53(13), 1997, pp. 4909-4920
Stereoselective synthesis of a new hexanor(C23-C28)castasterone-20,22-
ethyl diether 22 has been achieved in sixteen steps from cheap and rea
dily available 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate. This new brassinosteroi
d has shown typical brassin activity in mung bean epicotyl bioassay. (
C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.