Oxalyl chloride → HCID 11023860, compound

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Reaction Steps

3-Methoxyestra-1,3,5(10),16-tetraene-17-carboxylic acid (Compound J) (2.00 g) obtained according to the method described in Tetrahedron Letters, 26: 1109 (1985) was dissolved in dichloromethane (75 mL), and oxalyl chloride (2.3 mL) was added thereto under ice-cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was concentrated, the residue was dissolved in dichloromethane (60 ml), and methanol (30 ml) and triethylamine (3.58 ml) were added thereto, followed by stirring at room temperature for 11.5 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was concentrated, methanol (20 mL) and 2 mol/L hydrochloric acid (40 mL) were added to the residue, and the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, and washed with 1 mol/L hydrochloric acid and then water, followed by drying under reduced pressure to give methyl 3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10),16-tetraene-17-carboxylate (2.01 g).

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