Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1991, 56, 1064-1069
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19911064
New way to digitoxigenin from 3β-acetoxy-5-androsten-17-one. Stereoselective free radical substitution of iodide atom by nitrile group as a key step
Andrzej Robert Daniewski, Marek Michal Kabat, Marek Masnyk, Wanda Wojciechowska and Jerzy Wicha*
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
Abstract
Digitoxigenin (I) was obtained from 17-oxoandrost-5-en-3β-yl acetate (III) using, as a key step, free radical stereoselective substitution of an iodine atom in VI by a nitrile group. Transformation of the nitrile group at C-17 into a pregnane side chain or a butenolide lactone ring took place without isomerization at C-17.
