Diiodomethane → 1beta,2beta-Methylene-5-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol

HRID 1834928Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1834928 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C@:2]12[CH2:19][CH2:18][C@H:17]3[C@@H:7]([CH2:8][CH:9]=[C:10]4[C@:15]3([CH3:16])[CH:14]=[CH:13][C@H:12]([OH:20])[CH2:11]4)[C@@H:6]1[CH2:5][CH2:4][C@@H:3]2[OH:21].[CH2:22](COC)OC.C(I)I>CCOCC.[Cu].[Zn]>[CH2:22]1[C@@H:13]2[C@H:12]([OH:20])[CH2:11][C:10]3[C@:15]([CH3:16])([C@H:14]12)[C@@H:17]1[C@H:7]([C@H:6]2[C@@:2]([CH2:19][CH2:18]1)([CH3:1])[C@@H:3]([OH:21])[CH2:4][CH2:5]2)[CH2:8][CH:9]=3

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 6346DiiodomethaneHCID 80711,2-DimethoxyethaneHCID 571202841,5-Androstadiene-3beta,17beta-diol

Product 1

HCID 566286851beta,2beta-Methylene-5-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 10290809Zinc copper coupleCatalystHCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent2×

Procedure

To a stirred solution of the 1,5-androstadiene-3β,17β-diol so prepared in a mixture of dry ether and glyme is added zinc-copper couple and methylene iodide. The mixture is refluxed for a period of about 4 hours, cooled to room temperature, diluted with ether and filtered. The filtrate is washed with an aqueous sodium chloride solution, water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The ether is removed under reduced pressure and the residue crystallized from acetone-hexane to yield 1β,2β-methylene-5-androstene-3β,17β-diol.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture is refluxed for a period of about 4 hours
  2. filtrationfiltered
  3. washThe filtrate is washed with an aqueous sodium chloride solution, water
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  5. customThe ether is removed under reduced pressure
  6. customthe residue crystallized from acetone-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8078802cc3cb413d86d31cab6e21f86a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_01
Patent number
US04071624

Reaction notes

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