Av. Baranovsky et al., SYNTHESIS OF 17-BETA-ISOXAZOLYL STEROIDS AND SPIRO[STEROID-17,2'-FURANONE]S, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 63(10), 1998, pp. 1564-1574
Synthesis of 17 beta-isoxazolyl steroids and their transformations int
o the corresponding spiro[steroid17,2'-furanone]s are described. The r
eaction sequence consists of the, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a nitri
le oxide to mestrenol, dehydration, epoxidation or dihydroxylation, cl
eavage of the isoxazole moiety and cyclization of intermediate enamino
ketones.