Water → HCID 67364108, compound

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Triethyl orthoformate (3 ml, 18 mmol) and p-Toluenesulfonic acid (30 mg, 0.16 mmol) were added to a suspension of 15α-acetoxy-18-methyl-estr-4-en-3,17-dione (3 g, 8.8 mmol) in EtOH (18 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. Butylamine (3.6 ml, 35 mmol) was added, and the mixture was heated at 40° C. for 2 h, cooled to 10° C. and water (15 ml) was then added. The precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried under vacuum to afford 3-ethoxy-18-methyl-estra-3,5,15-trien-17-one (2.6 g, yield: 94%).

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