Acetic Acid → (11beta,16beta)-9-Fluoro-17-hydroxy-16-methyl-3,20-dioxo-11-[(trimethyl-silyl)oxy]-pregna-1,4-dien-21-yl acetate

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A solution of (11β,16β)-9-fluoro-16-methyl-3,20-dioxo-11,17-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]pregna-1,4-dien-21-yl acetate (26 g, ˜43 mmol) in 430 mL of tetrahydrofuran (THF) was cooled to 0° C. and neat acetic acid (4.95 mL, 86.5 mmol) was added followed by dropwise addition of a 1.0 M solution of tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride in THF (43.3 mL, 43.3 mmol). After stirring at 0° C. for 4 hours, the ice bath was removed and the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature and stir for an additional 16 hours. Most of the THF was removed by rotary evaporation in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was washed successively with water, sat. NH4Cl, water, sat. NaHCO3, water and brine. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated under vacuum to give an off-white solid. Purification by flash chromatography through a 1.6 kg column of silica gel eluting with 4% MeOH in dichloromethane provided 16.1 g of the title compound as a white solid.

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