E. Mesko et al., STEROIDS .52. CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS OF 16-METHYL-19-NORTESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVES, Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (8), 1993, pp. 923-925
The four possible stereoisomers of 3-methoxy-16-methyloe-stra-1,3,5(10
)-trien-17-ol (1, 2, 3, 4) were converted into the corresponding 16-me
thyl-19-nortestosterone analogs (5, 6, 7, 8), which were characterized
by their H-1- and C-13-NMR spectra. The coupling constants J16,17 and
the characteristic C-13 signals (C-12, C-17, C-18, 16-CH3) clearly co
nfirmed the configurations at C-16 and C-17.