Ammonia → (17beta)-13-Ethyl-3-methoxygona-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-ol

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To 13β-ethyl-3-methoxy-gona-1,3,5(10), 8-tetraen-17β-ol (16.8 g.) dissolved in a mixture of aniline (150 cc.) and tetrahydrofuran (50 cc.) add liquid ammonia (400 cc.). Add lithium metal (6.0 g.) gradually in small pieces during 10 minutes, and stir the blue suspension obtained. After 2 hours, add ammonium chloride (50 g.) to the reaction mixture until a clear solution is obtained; then add water (600 cc.) and ether-extract the mixture. Evaporate the washed and dried extracts to obtain as residue a crystalline solid. Recrystallize from hexane (300 cc.), to obtain 13β-ethyl-3-methoxy-gona-1,3,5(10)-trien-17β-ol (14 g.), m.p. 126°-30°.

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