Ammonia → HCID 10427683, compound

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Ammonia (about 8 mL) was condensed into a Carius tube which contained (20S)-4-chloro-21-hydroxy-20-methylpregn-4-en-3-one acetate (1.5 g, 3.69 mmol) and which was cooled to -78° C. The tube was sealed, heated to 70° C. for one hour, and then allowed to stand at room temperature overnight. The contents of the tube were poured into a mixture of ether and water and the two layers were separated. The organic layer was extracted with 0.5N hydrochloric acid and the resulting acidic, aqueous solution was washed with ether and then made alkaline with 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide. The resulting alkaline, aqueous mixture was extracted with ether and the ether extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to a yellow, foamy solid. This residue was dissolved in methanol (25 mL) and 2N hydrochloric acid (2 mL) and the resulting mixture was heated to reflux for 15 minutes and then allowed to cool to room temperature. The mixture was extracted with ether, then made alkaline with solid sodium carbonate, and extracted with ether. The organic extracts of the alkaline, aqueous solution were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give (20S)-4-amino-21-hydroxy-20-methylpregn-4-en-3-one as an off-white solid (50 mg, 4%). This compound has the following structure: ##STR7##

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