Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 69625181, compound

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ix)—A solution of sodium borohydride (0.21 g) and sodium hydroxide (0.44 g) in methanol (50 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of (7α)-7-ethyl-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10),14-tetraen-17-one (4.31 g) in dichloromethane (12 ml) and methanol (20 ml), cooled to 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1.5 h, quenched with acetone (4 ml), and then poured into a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride. The product was extracted into ethyl acetate; the combined organic phases were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure, to give (7α,17β)-7-ethyl-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10),14-tetraen-17-ol (4.28 g). The product was used in the following step without further purification.

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