Butanal → Budesonide

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50 Grams of desonide (16β-hydroxyprednisolone-16,17-acetonide) and immediately thereafter 12,5 ml of butyraldehyde were added to 500 ml of a 70% hydrofluoric acid solution, at -5° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for one hour and then poured into 5 liters of demineralized water at 0° C. The precipitate was filtered, washed to neutrality with water and dried under vacuum to give 51 g of pure budesonide with an A/B epimer ratio of 9/91.

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