Metaperiodic acid → HCID 68128660, compound

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A solution of 1.54 g of 9-fluoro-11β ,17,21-trihydroxy-16α-[(2-methyl-oxiranyl)methoxy]pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 21-acetate in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran is stirred for 270 minutes with a solution of 2.6 g of periodic acid in 20 ml of water. The solution is poured into water and extracted with chloroform. The chloroform solution is washed with 10% sodium bicarbonate solution, dried, and evaporated in vacuo to give an oily residue. This is dissolved in chloroform and chromatographed on a 40 g-silica gel column. Elution with chloroform gives 400 mg of slightly impure product followed by 990 mg of TLC homogeneous solid. The 990 mg is recrystallized twice from acetone-hexane to give 328 mg of 9-fluoro-11β ,17,21-trihydroxy-16α-(2-oxopropoxy)pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 21-acetate, melting point 203°-208°C.

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