(2-Methylphenyl)methanethiol → 17alpha-(2'-Methylbenzylthio)-1,4-Androstadiene-3,11-Dione
Reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH2:4][SH:5].CS(O[C@H:15]1[CH2:20][CH2:19][C@H:18]2[C@H:21]3[C@H:31]([C:32](=[O:34])[CH2:33][C@:16]12[CH3:17])[C@:29]1([CH3:30])[C:24](=[CH:25][C:26](=[O:35])[CH:27]=[CH:28]1)[CH2:23][CH2:22]3)(=O)=O>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[CH2:4][S:5][C@@H:15]1[CH2:20][CH2:19][C@H:18]2[C@H:21]3[C@H:31]([C:32](=[O:34])[CH2:33][C@:16]12[CH3:17])[C@:29]1([CH3:30])[C:24](=[CH:25][C:26](=[O:35])[CH:27]=[CH:28]1)[CH2:23][CH2:22]3Participants
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Procedure
In a manner similar to that described in Example 1A, 2-methylbenzylmercaptan is reacted with 17β-methanesulfonyloxy-1,4-androstadiene-3,11-dione to obtain the title compound of this example.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-91bc3a7871d04c03a455bffc3b94b6e6
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1980_01
- Patent number
- US04183924
Reaction notes
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