Hydride reduction of B-norcholestane 5α,6α-epoxide
Author(s) -
Mira S. Bjelaković,
Vladimir B. Pavlović,
Ljubinka Lorenc
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc0202069b
Subject(s) - epoxide , lithium aluminium hydride , diol , reagent , hydride , chemistry , lithium (medication) , aluminum hydride , reduction (mathematics) , combinatorial chemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , ion , catalysis , mathematics , biology , hydrogen , methoxide , endocrinology , geometry
B-Norcholestane epoxide 2 is reduced with lithium aluminium hydride to give either the 3β,6α-diol 3 or the corresponding 3β,5α-diol 4, depending on the quality of the reducing reagent employed. A plausible mechanistic explanation of the obtained results is suggested.
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