N. K. Girdhar, A. Faruk, K. A. Suri
2007
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Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry
Abstract
UV irradiation of 16α,17α-epoxy-3β-hydroxypregn-5-ene-20-one 5 in a variety of solvents (benzene, acctonitrile, methanol), as such and in the presence of triethylamine, in a pyrex glass reactor leads to the formation of 3β-hydroxypregn-5-ene-16,20-dione 6 as the major product.