Dimethylformamide → 9-(4-Hydroxy-phenyl)-10-methoxymethyl-4b,5,6,7,8,8a,9,10-octahydro-phenanthren-3-ol

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Combine 6-methoxy-9-methoxymethyl-10-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-octahydro-phenanthrene (0.050 g, 0.14 mmol), sodium ethanethiolate (0.037 g, 0.44 mmol), and DMF (4 mL), and reflux under nitrogen atmosphere. After 18 hours, cool the reaction to room temperature and add ethyl acetate, wash with sat ammonium chloride solution (aq), then brine several times. Concentrate, and purify using reverse phase chromatography (5% to 95% 0.001% TFA buffer in acetonitrile/water) to yield the titled compound (0.015 g, 33%) as a white solid. TLC Rf=0.27 in 3:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate. 1H NMR (d-methanol): 7.42 (d, 1H, J=8.4 Hz), 7.13 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz), 6.84 (s, 1H), 6.79 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz), 6.65 (dd, 1H, J=7.9, 1.8 Hz), 3.70 (d, 1H, J=7.0 Hz), 3.35 (m, 3H), 3.17 (s, 3H), 3.07 (m, 1H), 2.48 (d, 1H, J=14.1 Hz), 1.87 (m, 1H), 1.64 (m, 2H), 1.41 (m, 2H), 1.16 (m, 3H).

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