Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 22849349, compound

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Refer to FIG. 192. Anh. ammonia (ca. 75 ml) was distilled through a KOH tower into a 250 ml flamedried 3-neck flask fitted with an inlet adapter, a magnetic stirring bar, a dry ice/acetone condenser, 35 and a stoDPer. A solution of 6β,19-epoxy-17-iodoandrosta-4,16-diene 3-ethylene ketal (18, 880.4 mg, 1.938 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (THF, 45 ml) was added, followed by metallic sodium (0.20 g, 8.7 mg-atom) cut in small pieces. After stirring under argon pressure for 30 min. the reaction was quenched with the addition of abs. ethanol (1.0 ml). Ammonia was allowed to boil off overnight, 50 ml of water were added, and the mixture was extracted with three 25 ml portions of methylene chloride. The combined organic extracts were washed with 50 ml of brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and filtered through diatomaceous earth. After washing the residue with 10 ml of methylene chloride the combined filtrates were concentrated under reduced pressure. The intermediate ketal proved remarkably unreactive, but was finally hydrolyzed by refluxing 18 h in 5 ml of chloroform and 2.5 ml of 4 N hydrochloric acid. To the cooled hydrolysis mixture ethyl acetate (50 ml) was added and the layers were separated. The organic phase was washed with 25 ml of saturated sodium bicarbonate+25 ml of brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and filtered through diatomaceous earth. The residue was washed with 10 ml of ethyl acetate and the combined filtrates were concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting brown foam was purified by flash chromatography (50% ethyl acetate/hexanes on silica gel) followed by preparative TLC (50% ethyl acetate/hexanes on silica gel GF, 1000μ thickness) to give a partially crystalline film (66.7 mg, 0.233 mmol, 12%). 1H-NMR: 5.92 ∂, 1H, s, 4-H; 5.87-5.64 ∂, 2H, mult., 16,17-H's; 4.10∂ and 3.94 ∂, 2H, AB, 19-H's; 0.79 ∂, 3H, s, 18-Me.

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