Ethyl orthoformate → HCID 67362053, compound

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Triethyl orthoformate (30 ml, 180 mmol) and p-Toluenesulfonic acid (300 mg, 1.57 mmol) were added to a suspension of 15α-acetoxy-18-methyl-estr-4-en-3,17-dione (30 g, 87 mmol) in EtOH (180 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h, and then cooled to 0° C. The precipitate was filtered, washed with cooled ethanol and dried under vacuum to afford 15α-acetoxy-3-ethoxy-18-methyl-estra-3,5-dien-17-one (31.5 g, yield: 97%).

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