Boron trifluoride etherate → HCID 11851463, compound

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To a suspension of the known 3-hydroxy-4-methylestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one (ref. Kaneko et al., 1964; Chemical Abstracts Registry Number [68969-90-4], 30 mg, 0.11 mmol) and 30 mg (0.197 mmol) of 1-adamantanol in 1 mL of anhydrous pentane was added 0.02 mL of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate while cooling with an ice bath and stirring. After stirring at 0° C. for 15 min. the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 45 min. Ice was added and the white solid that formed was filtered, washed with water and dried over P2O5. The crude product was purified by chromatography (silica gel eluted with 7% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to give 30 mg of pure product (68% yield). After recrystallization from methylene chloride-hexanes the product had: m.p. 262-263° C.; 1H NMR(CDCl3) δ 0.90 (s, 3H, CH3), 2.13 (s, 3H, CH3), 2.7 (m, 2H, CH2), 7.11 (s, 1H, Ar—H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 11.02, 13.70, 21.44, 26.22, 26.67, 27.54, 28.95 (3×C), 31.56, 35.84, 36.60, 36.98 (3×C), 37.63, 40.82 (3×C), 44.60, 47.91, 50.34, 121.41, 121.51, 131.45, 133.32, 150.79, 221.49. (Anal. calc'd. for C29H39O2: C, 83.21; H, 9.15. Found: C, 83.45; H, 8.94.)

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