Pr. Maloney et Fg. Fang, SYNTHESIS OF A B-HOMO 6-AZAANDROST-4-ENE-3-ONE AS A NOVEL STEROIDAL 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITOR, Tetrahedron letters, 35(18), 1994, pp. 2823-2826
The preparation of a B-ring homologated analog of 17 beta-N,N-diethylc
arboxy-6-azaandrost-4-ene-3-one, a potent inhibitor of type 2 steroida
l 5 alpha-reductase, is described.