Ethyl vinyl ether → HCID 15085895, compound

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To a solution of 4 g of 4,4-difluoro-3β-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)androst-5-en-17β-ol in 50 ml of vinyl ethyl ether, there is added 0.25 g of mercuric acetate. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 24 hours, quenched with triethylamine, and then poured into dilute aqueous potassium carbonate solution. The aqueous mixture is extracted three times with 100-ml portions of diethyl ether and the combined organic extracts are washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent is then removed under reduced pressure and the residue is purified by flash chromatography to give 4,4-difluoro-3β-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)-17β-ethenyloxyandrost-5-ene.

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