Testosterone → Testosterone chloroformate

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Testosterone chloroformate was prepared as follows. To a solution of testosterone (2 g, 7.0 mmol) dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added a 1.93M solution of phosgene in toluene (33 ml). The resulting solution was stirred for 4 h at room temperature, concentrated under vacuum, and the resulting residue vacuum dried for approximately 30 minutes (2.88 g).

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