Lithium iodide → 11beta-Fluoro-3-hydroxy-7alpha-{5-[2-(4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoropentylthiomethyl)-pyrrolidin-1-yl]-pentyl}-estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one

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A solution of 785.9 mg of 7α-(5-chloropentyl)-11β-fluoro-3-hydroxy-estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one in 7 ml of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone is mixed with 535.5 mg of lithium iodide and 520 mg of (2S)-2-(4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoropentylthiomethyl)-pyrrolidine, and it is stirred for 2.5 hours at a bath temperature of 100° C. Then, it is poured onto water, extracted 3 times with diethyl ether, washed neutral, dried on sodium sulfate, concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum and chromatographed on silica gel with dichloromethane/methanol. 525 mg of pure 11β-fluoro-3-hydroxy-7α-{5-[2-(4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoropentylthiomethyl)-pyrrolidin-1-yl]-pentyl}-estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one is obtained. [α]D22=+29.3° (c=0.5% in chloroform).

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