Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1995, 60, 715-718
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19950715
Preparation of (20E)-21-Ethoxycarbonyl-14β,17α-pregna-5,20-dien-3β-yl Hydrogen Butanedioate
Vladimír Pouzar and Ivan Černý
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Abstract
The title compound X was prepared according to the recently published procedure for preparation of analogous derivatives in the 5β-pregnane series, using the reaction sequence I -> II -> III -> IV -> V -> VI -> VII -> VII -> IX -> X (total yield 18%). The configuration at ring D centers (14β,17α) follows from the structure of the starting ketone I and was also checked by comparing diol IV with the sample prepared by an independent route. The epimeric purity at C-17 was carefully monitored during the whole synthesis by 1H NMR spectra (singlet of 18-H3).
