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Stereoselective synthesis of a new hexanor(C23-C28) castasterone-20,22-ethyl diether from 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate and its plant growth promoting activity
Hazra, Braja G.,Basu, Sourav,Bahule, Bharat B.,Pore, Vandana S.,Vyas, Brahmanand N.,Ramraj, Velaswamy M.
, p. 4909 - 4920 (1997)
Stereoselective synthesis of a new hexanor(C23-C28)castasterone-20,22-ethyl diether 22 has been achieved in sixteen steps from cheap and readily available 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate. This new brassinosteroid has shown typical brassin activity in mung bean epicotyl bioassay.