Water → 3beta-Acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one

HRID 618634Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C@@:2]12[C:10](=[O:11])[CH2:9][CH2:8][C@H:7]1[C@@H:6]1[CH2:12][CH:13]=[C:14]3[CH2:19][C@@H:18]([OH:20])[CH2:17][CH2:16][C@:15]3([CH3:21])[C@H:5]1[CH2:4][CH2:3]2.[OH2:22].N1[CH:28]=[CH:27]C=CC=1>>[C:27]([O:20][C@H:18]1[CH2:17][CH2:16][C@@:15]2([CH3:21])[C:14](=[CH:13][CH2:12][C@@H:6]3[C@@H:5]2[CH2:4][CH2:3][C@@:2]2([CH3:1])[C@H:7]3[CH2:8][CH2:9][C:10]2=[O:11])[CH2:19]1)(=[O:22])[CH3:28]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 962Water

HCID 1049Pyridine

HCID 5881Dehydroepiandrosterone

Product 1

HCID 147093beta-Acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one

Procedure

Dehydroepiandrosterone (2.88 g, 10 mmol) is dissolved in a mixture (100 ml) of anhydride acetic and pyridine (1:1 v/v) and left at room temperature for 16 h. The mixture is then poured carefully into iced water and after 16 h, crystals are filtered and dried in vacuo.

Workup

filtrationcrystals are filtered
customdried in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-0e9b848545424466a689570aee3f0be1
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1999_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05955455

Reaction notes

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