M. K. Madyastha, K. Valli
1983
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Journal of The Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Abstract
An efficient reduction of the 17-carbonyl group in a steriod skeleton to a methylene group has been observed for the first time during the microbial conversion of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (1) and 14α-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione (2) into 6,14α-dihydroxyandrost-4-ene-3-one (3).