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HRID 2254629Generated: November 1, 2026

Formaldehyde → 17beta-Hydroxy-17alpha-methyl-6-methyleneandrosta-4,15-diene-3-one

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantN-Methylanilinium trifluoroacetateHCID 2724109—
Reactant17beta-Hydroxy-17alpha-methylandrosta-4,15-dien-3-oneHCID 15679136—
SolventTetrahydrofuranHCID 8028—
SolventEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
Product17beta-Hydroxy-17alpha-methyl-6-methyleneandrosta-4,15-diene-3-oneHCID 1567914943.5%

Reaction Steps

500 mg of 17β-hydroxy-17α-methylandrosta-4,15-diene-3-one in 8.3 ml of tetrahydrofuran is stirred at 60° C. under argon with 348 mg of paraformaldehyde and 2.2 g of N-methylanilinium trifluoroacetate. After 3.5 hours, the mixture is diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under vacuum. After the crude product has been chromatographed on silica gel with a pentane-diethyl ether gradient, 226 mg of 17β-hydroxy-17α-methyl-6-methyleneandrosta-4,15-diene-3-one is obtained, mp 162° C. (from isopropyl ether).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05236912
Source datasetuspto-grants-1993_08
ORD IDord-fe0e53d39c1c416fb5965a229101d2f4
Source noteuspto-grants-1993_08