3-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde → methyl 4-((1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bR)-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-3a-(thiophen-3-ylmethylamino)-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,7a,8,11,11a,11b,12,13,13a,13b-octadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-yl)benzoate

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To a solution of methyl 4-((1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aS,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a-amino-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3,3a,4,5,5a,5b,6,7,7a,8,11,11a,11b,12,13,13a,13b-octadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-yl)benzoate (30 mg, 0.055 mmol) in DCE (0.5 mL) was added 3-thiophenecarboxaldehyde (7.73 mg, 0.069 mmol) and titanium(IV) isopropoxide (0.020 mL, 0.069 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (23.38 mg, 0.110 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 18 h at rt. The reaction mixture was loaded directly onto a silica gel column and was purified by flash chromatography using a 0-25% EtOAc in hexanes gradient. The fractions containing the expected product were combined and were concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (32 mg, 0.05 mmol, 91% yield). LCMS: m/e 640.6 (M+H)+, 2.13 min (method 2).

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