SHORT-STEP STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF PHA,22-TRIACETOXY-23,24-DINOR-5-ALPHA-CHOLAN-6-ONE - KEY INTERMEDIATE FOR THE PREPARATION OF 24(1)-NORBRASSINOLIDE, DOLICHOLIDE AND DOLICHOSTERONE
Bg. Hazra et al., SHORT-STEP STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF PHA,22-TRIACETOXY-23,24-DINOR-5-ALPHA-CHOLAN-6-ONE - KEY INTERMEDIATE FOR THE PREPARATION OF 24(1)-NORBRASSINOLIDE, DOLICHOLIDE AND DOLICHOSTERONE, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (15), 1993, pp. 1819-1822
A stereoselective synthesis of o-23,24-dinor-5alpha-cholan-2alpha,3alp
ha,22-triyl triacetate 9 was achieved in 44% overall yield in nine ste
ps starting from 3beta-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one 8. The important fea
tures of this synthesis are the modified Wittig reaction on the 17-oxo
steroid 8 and the stereospecific generation of the chiral centre at C
-20 by a resin-catalysed ene reaction on (Z)-3beta, p-tolylsulfonyloxy
pregna-5,17(20)-diene 11.