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

Citation
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
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00404020
Volume
53
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4909 - 4920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4020(1997)53:13<4909:SSOANH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
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.