Hexane → HCID 70635033, compound

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Reaction Steps

A 2 molar solution of n-butyl lithium in hexane (30 ml., 60mmole) was added to a stirred suspension of cuprous iodide (5.7 g., 30 mmole) in dry ether (90 ml.) under nitrogen at -20°. A cold solution of 2α,3α-epoxy-5α-pregnane-11,20-dione (1.65 g., 5 mmole) in dry ether (260 ml.) was then added and the mixture was maintained at 0° for 70 hr. The reaction mixture was then poured into aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted into ethyl acetate.

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