Methanol → Dehydroepiandrosterone

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34.8 ml of CH2Cl2 and 26.1 ml of methanol were added to 8.7 g (24.9 mmol) of crude stage 3 (abiraterone). The mixture was heated to 40-45° C. (reflux), to have a solution. The CH2Cl2 was then removed by distillation at atmospheric pressure. The mixture was cooled to 0-5° C., and then maintained 1 hour at 0-5° C. The suspension was filtered (fast filtration) and the cake was washed twice with 4.4 ml of methanol cooled to 0-5° C. The wet solid was dried at 40-45° C. under vacuum for 5 hours to give 7.2 g (yield of purification 82.8%) of pure stage 3 (abiraterone). The overall yield from DHEA was around 50%.

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