Oxalic Acid → HCID 15307284, compound

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Reaction Steps

A suspension of 1.2 g of 17-difluoromethylene-7β-methyl-3-tetrahydropyranyloxy-estra-1,3,5(10)-triene in 25 ml of methanol and 2.5 ml of water is refluxed with 1.2 g of oxalic acid for 1 hour at a bath temperature of 100° C. Then, it is concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, sodium bicarbonate solution as well as with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried on sodium sulfate, concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum and chromatographed on silica gel with hexane/acetone. After crystallization from hexane, 0.9 g of 17-difluoromethylene-7β-methyl-estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-3-ol is obtained as colorless crystals with a melting point of 119-120° C., [α]D22 =-10.6° (c=0.5% in pyridine).

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