Hydrochloric Acid → 13-Ethylgon-4-ene-3,17-dione

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Reaction Steps

Add 13β-ethyl-gon-5(10)-en-3,17-dione (1 g.) with stirring under nitrogen to methanol (25 cc.) containing 11N hydrochloric acid (1.75 cc.) and water (1.1 cc.). Stir for 2 hours, add sodium bicarbonate (1.75 g.) and filter the mixture. Evaporate the filtrate to dryness and recrystallize the residue from ethyl acetate to obtain the title compound; ultraviolet absorption peak at 240 mμ (ε17,800); infrared absorption peaks at 5.78, 6.00, 6.17 μ.

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