Comprehensive NMR studies were carried out on 3 beta-hydroxy-pregnene and c
holestene analogs, each containing a tetrahydropyranyl ether group at the 3
-position. Two-dimensional NMR experiments (COSY, TOCSY, HSQC, and HSQC-TOC
SY) permitted the complete assignments of both the H-1 and C-13 resonances
of these derivatives in deuterated benzene or chloroform. The aromatic solv
ent-induced NMR signal shifts (ASIS) were also investigated. (C) 2000 Elsev
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