4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → Androsterone tosylate

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Reaction Steps

In a 25 mL round bottom flask, trans-androsterone (1.00 g, 3.44 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (1.51 g, 7.91 mmol) was dissolved in in pyridine (4.30 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred continuously at room temperature. After 24 h, the reaction mixture was quenched by adding H2O (10 mL) and it was extracted with CH2Cl2 (3×20 mL). All organic layers were collected, combined together and washed over HCl (3×20 mL, 2 M), brine solution (3×20 mL), and H2O (3×20 mL), dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure afforded 3β-tosyloxy-5α-androstan-17-one (1.33 g, 87%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d 7.79 (dt, J=8.3, 1.9 Hz, 2H), 7.33 (dd, J=8.0, 0.5 Hz, 2H), 4.42 (h, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 2.44 (s, 3H), 2.38-2.47 (m, 1H), 1.99-2.11 (m, 1H), 1.86-1.95 (m, 1H), 1.78-1.80 (m, 1H), 1.71-1.77 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.69 (m, 1H), 1.56-1.64 (m, 3H), 1.44-1.55 (m, 3H), 1.30-1.31 (m, 1H), 1.28-1.29 (m, 2H), 1.22-1.24 (m, 1H), 1.18-1.20 (m, 1H), 1.04-1.16 (m, 1H), 0.85-1.00 (m, 2H), 0.84 (s, 3H), 0.80 (s, 1H), 0.60-0.69 (m, 1H).

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