Sodium hydride → HCID 86761363, compound

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1α,3β-Bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-20(S)-hydroxypregna-5,7-diene (150 mg, 0.267 mmol) was treated in tetrahydrofuran (2.7 ml) with sodium hydride (60% in oil, 65 mg, 1.625 mmol), 15-crown-5 (16 mg, 0.268 mmol) and tert-butyl bromoacetate (316 mg, 1.62 mmol) in the same manner as shown in Example 17(1) (heated at reflux for 17 hours), followed by work up and separation using preparative thin layer chromatography (0.5 mm×5 plates, hexane:ethyl acetate=5:1, developed once and then 0.5 mm×2 plates, hexane:ethyl acetate=7:1, developed twice) to give the titled compound (30 mg, 17%) as a colorless foam.

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