P. Borah et P. Chowdhury, MANGANESE MEDIATED STEREOSPECIFIC CHLORINATION OF STEROIDAL OLEFINS AND KETONES, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (11), 1996, pp. 502-503
Steroidal olefins and ketones are stereospecifically chlorinated using
a MnO2-AcCl-AcOH or MnO2-CTMS-AcOH system to yield trans-dichlorides,
3 beta-acetoxy-17 alpha-chloropregnan-20-one and analogues in excelle
nt yields.