1,1-Dimethylhydrazine → (3S,5R,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17S)-17-[(E)-(dimethylhydrazinylidene)methyl]-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,14-diol

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To a solution of 0.80 g of NaH2PO4.H2O, 1.70 g of Na2HPO4.12H2O and 0.12 ml of N,N-dimethylhydrazine in 200 ml of water a solution of 0.64 g of 3β,14β-dihydroxy-5β-androstane-17β-carboxaldehyde (Boutagy J. and Thomas R., Aust. J. Chem., 1971, 24, 2723) in 20 ml of dioxane was added dropwise at room temperature. After 1.5 hrs the solution was alkalinized with an acqueous solution of NaHCO3 and extracted with ethyl acetate; the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The crude product was purified by flash-chromatography (SiO2) using cyclohexane/chloroform/acetone 4/3/3 as eluant to give 0.37 g of the title compound (I-ai), as a white foam.

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