A. Mauvais et al., 21,24-DINORCHOL-5-EN-22-YNE-3-BETA,17,20-TRIOL - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE 4 DIASTEREOMERS AS INHIBITORS OF ECDYSONE BIOSYNTHESIS, Tetrahedron letters, 34(27), 1993, pp. 4337-4340
Starting from the two silylated cyanohydrins (2 and 5) we synthesized
the four diastereomers of the title compound. This was achieved by add
ing either lithium trimethylsilylacetylide or the trimethylsilylacetyl
ide magnesium bromide on the corresponding aldhehydes 3 and 6, at -78-
degrees-C. These compounds are to be tested as inhibitors of the ecdys
one biosynthesis.