Potassium Bicarbonate → Deoxycorticosterone

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Reaction Steps

A solution containing 7.5 g of potassium hydrogen carbonate in 14 ml of water is added to the suspension containing 2.5 g (5.7 mmoles) of 4-pregnene-3,20-dione-21-ol benzoate in 100 ml of methanol and the mixture is refluxed for 3 hours. Subsequently, the solvent is evaporated and the residue is taken up in 150 ml of water. The product is extracted 3 times with 80 ml of ethyl acetate each, the organic phase is washed with water, dried and evaporated. The residue is recrystallized from a mixture of ethyl acetate and diisopropyl ether to give 1.89 g 99% yield of the aimed product, m.p.: 132°-135° C., [α]D =+175.2° (c=0.5 in ethanol).

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