Ammonia → Gon-4-en-3-one, 13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-, (17beta)-(+-)-

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Add 13β-ethyl-3-methoxy-gona-1,3,5(10)-trien-17β-ol (0.5 g.) in 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran to 150 ml. of liquid ammonia, followed by 0.5 g. of lithium foil, and stir the mixture for 10 minutes. Add ethanol (6 ml.) and tetrahydrofuran (10 ml.) over a period of 20 minutes. After disappearance of the blue color add water, extract the mixture well with ether and evaporate the washed and dried ether extract. Dissolve the crystalline residue in 50 ml. of methanol and reflux for 30 minutes with 30 ml. of 3N HCL. Remove most of the methanol under reduced pressure, and extract the residue with ether. Chromatograph the ether extract on alumina. Use benzene-ether (1:1) to elute 13-β-ethyl-17β-hydroxy-gon-4-en-3-one; m.p. 152°-55° C.

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