Synthesis of N-substituted 3-oxo-17β -carboxamide-4-aza-5α-androstanes and the tautomerism of 3-oxo-4-aza-5-androstenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.3987/COM-97-S(N)35

An N-aryl-3-oxo-4-aza-5α -androst-1-ene-17β carboxamide and three N-aryl or alkyl substituted 17α -hydroxy-3-oxo-4-aza-5α -androstane-17β -carboxamides were synthesized as antiandrogen candidates from 3-oxoandrost-4-ene-17β - carboxylic acid and androst-4-ene-3,17-dione respectively. The chemo- and stereoselective reduction of 3-oxo-4-aza-5-ene intermediates with formic acid and their tautomerism in a solution of chloroform and methanol were described.