Sulfuric Acid → 17-Difluoromethylene-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-3-ol

HRID 850841Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 850841 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]([F:23])=[C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C@H:6]2[C@H:9]3[C@H:18]([CH2:19][CH2:20][C@:4]12[CH3:5])[C:17]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([O:21]C)=[CH:13][C:12]=1[CH2:11][CH2:10]3.[H-].C([Al+]CC(C)C)C(C)C.S(=O)(=O)(O)O>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[F:1][C:2]([F:23])=[C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C@H:6]2[C@H:9]3[C@H:18]([CH2:19][CH2:20][C@:4]12[CH3:5])[C:17]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([OH:21])=[CH:13][C:12]=1[CH2:11][CH2:10]3

Participants

5

Procedure

A solution of 2.4 g of 17-difluoromethylene-3-methoxy-estra -1,3,5(10),15-tetraene in 49 ml of toluene is refluxed with 49 ml of a 1.6 M diisobutylaluminum hydride solution in toluene for 1 hour at a bath temperature of 140° C. Then, it is cooled to room temperature, slowly added to 200 g of ice, mixed with 400 ml of 2N sulfuric acid, stirred for 1 hour at room temperature, extracted three times with ethyl acetate, the organic phases are washed with water as well as saturated sodium chloride solution, dried on sodium sulfate, concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum and chromatographed on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate. 1.37 g of 17-difluoromethylene-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-3-ol is obtained as colorless crystals with a melting point of 126-127° C., [α]D22 =-120.4° (c=0.505% in pyridine).

Workup

  1. extractionextracted three times with ethyl acetate
  2. washthe organic phases are washed with water as well as saturated sodium chloride solution
  3. customdried on sodium sulfate
  4. concentrationconcentrated by evaporation in a vacuum
  5. customchromatographed on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2c2d2277519b462187f4484294e167bd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_01
Patent number
US06018062

Reaction notes

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