K. Blaszczyk et Z. Paryzek, OXIDATION OF HOMOALLYLIC STEROID ALCOHOLS WITH PYRIDINIUM CHLOROCHROMATE - THE SYNTHESIS OF STEROIDAL 4-EN-3,6-DIONES, Synthetic communications, 24(22), 1994, pp. 3255-3259
Prolonged oxidation of steroidal homoallylic Delta(5)-3-alcohols with
pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) in dichloromethane affords the corresp
onding Delta(4)-3,6-diones via the intermediate Delta(5)-3-one and not
a Delta(4)-3-one.