Synthesis of 5-methyl-19-nor-5β-pregn-9-ene derivatives
1990 ◽
Vol 55
(7)
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pp. 1783-1791
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3β,5,6β-Trihydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one 3-pivalate (I) was converted into 3β,6β-dihydroxy-5-methyl-19-nor-5β-pregn-9-en-20-one 3-pivalate 5-acetate (II) under conditions of Westphalen rearrangement. Deoxygenation in the position 6β was effected by treatment of the corresponding 6β-thiobenzoate or thioimidazolide with tributyltin hydride. Progesterone analogues XII and XIII, prepared from the 6-deoxy compound IX, exhibit abortive activity.