Estrone → Estrone

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Reaction Steps

Into a mixture of 1 g of estrone, 0.5 ml of dimethyl sulfate and 5 ml of dioxane, 5 ml of 10% NaOH aqueous solution was added over a period of one hour. The reaction temperature was maintained at 15° - 20°C. The resulting mixture was stirred for one hour. Then, 30 ml of water was added and the resulting cyrstals were filtered, washed with water and dried to obtain 1.040 g of the 100% purity methyl ether of estrone in a 98.9% yield.

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