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Synthesis of (22R)- and (22S)-27-norspirosolane alkaloids from tigogenin, epismilagenin, and smilagenin is described. The alkaloids were prepared from readily available dinorcholanic lactones via their reaction with 4-chlorobutyllithium followed by substi

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An Easy Access to 27-Nortomatidine and 27-Norsoladulcidine Derivatives
Dorota Czajkowska-Szczykowska, Alejandro Corona Díaz,
Grzegorz Aleksiejczuk, Yliana López Castro, and Jacek W. Morzycki
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Dorota Czajkowska-Szczykowska*,† Alejandro Corona Díaz,‡ Grzegorz Aleksiejczuk,† Yliana López
Castro,‡ and Jacek W. Morzycki*,†
† Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1 K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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‡ Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ed.B-1,
C.U., Morelia, Michoacán, 58030, México
ABSTRACT: Synthesis of (22R)- and (22S)-27-norspirosolane alkaloids from tigogenin,
epismilagenin and smilagenin is described. The alkaloids were prepared from readily available
dinorcholanic lactones via their reaction with 4-chlorobutyllithium followed by substitution of
chloride with azide and reductive N-cyclization under the Staudinger conditions.
INTRODUCTION
The use of medicinal plants for treatment of ailments and infections, but also health benefits and
disease management is one of the most evolving fields in the pharmaceutical industry.1 The genus
Solanum is considered to be of special interest in this matter due to its wide distribution in the plant
kingdom. These species occur especially in temperate and tropical region of the world, and constitute
excellent source of diverse phytochemicals including steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs).2,3
Figure 1. Structures of some Solanum alkaloids and related steroidal sapogenins.
As many literature reports reveal, SGAs exhibit remarkable therapeutic properties, i.e.
antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer.4 Similar activities show
their aglycones – direct hydrolysis products, which properties often coincide with those of SGAs.5 The
most studied and well-described compounds belonging to this group are depicted in Figure 1:
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solasodine (1), soladulcidine (2), tomatidine (3), solanidine (4), and demissidine (5). Admittedly,
biological effects of these compounds, as well as the aspects of their extraction and purification are
known and well-characterized, but there are only a few described syntheses of these alkaloids.6 Many
of them start from diosgenin (9) (Figure 1) and are related to the sequence of the following reactions:
acid catalyzed opening of the F-ring, substitution of the side chain leaving group with the nitrogen
nucleophile and the F-ring reclosure to build an oxa-aza spiro moiety. Nevertheless, none of these
syntheses uses the dinorcholanic lactone, which can be obtained in one step from commercially
available tigogenin (6), as the starting material (Figure 1).7
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In 1965, Adam and Schreiber described the first and so far only work on the synthesis of 27-
norspirosolane alkaloids from 3β,16β-diacetoxy-5α-pregnan-20-one by addition of 2-lithiopyridine
followed by dehydration, catalytic hydrogenation, and cyclization.8a The comparison of obtained
results with those achieved using 2-lithio-5-methylpyridine8b helped to clarify the importance of the
27-methyl group for the stereochemistry of natural spirosolane alkaloids, in particular at the C22 spiro
carbon atom (see Scheme S1 in Supporting Information). Herein, we report both a new method of
synthesis of the F-ring modified spirosolanes and also confirm the above-mentioned considerations.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Our experience in using the lactone for the reconstruction of heterocyclic ring was reported in our
previous work related to the synthesis of “glycospirostanes”.9 We intended to adapt the same
methodology to construct the N-heterocyclic unsaturated F-ring. For this purpose, tigogenin (6), as
well as its diastereoisomers – epismilagenin (7) and smilagenin (8) (Figure 1), were used as starting
materials for the synthesis of F-ring modified spirosolane alkaloids. The sapogenins were treated with
peroxyacetic acid in the presence of catalytic amounts of H2SO4 and iodine (Scheme 1), then
saponified with 5N NaOH to afford the corresponding lactones 10a-c. These compounds reacted, in
turn, with t-butyldimethylsilyl chloride in the presence of imidazole in DMF to protect the hydroxyl
group at C3. Treatment of silyl ether 11a with allylmagnesium bromide in THF at -78 °C gave the
corresponding lactol 12a stereoselectively in 82% yield. Subsequent reaction with allylamine and
Tf2NH in dichloromethane failed, probably due to the higher basicity of the amine compared to the
hemiacetal -OH group and resulted in the reaction of triflimide with allylamine instead of 12a.
Scheme 1. Unsuccessful attempts to obtain aminal 13a.
Also attempts to use allylamine neat did not afford 13a, but yielded lactol 14a (Scheme 1) as a
main reaction product (see Scheme S4 in Supporting Information for the plausible reaction
mechanism). Therefore, the basicity of allylamine was later reduced by converting it to an N-formyl
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derivative. However, the reaction with this reagent did not work either, despite the use of various
solvents, temperatures, and catalysts (see Table S2 in Supporting Information).
Since we failed to obtain 13a from 11a, our synthetic plan was changed. We decided to carry
out the reaction of lactones 11a-c with an organometallic compound to introduce a four carbon atom
fragment with a terminal halide (e.g. 15a), easily convertible to azide, that could be subjected to the
reductive cyclization in the presence of triphenylphosphine.6f,10
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Scheme 2. Synthesis of steroidal diol 16a form lactone 11a.
First, the Grignard reaction was attempted with a reagent prepared from 1,4-dibromobutane
and magnesium, but an undesirable double addition of the butane-1,4-diyl-magnesium reagent
occurred and cyclic steroidal diol 16a was exclusively formed (Scheme 2).11 To avoid this problem, an
organometallic reagent was chemoselectively prepared from commercially available 1-chloro-4-
iodobutane. Knowing that maintaining a relatively low temperature lithiation occurs only at the carbon
atom bearing iodine (alkyl chlorides are essentially inert under these conditions12), the reagent was
treated with t-BuLi. And indeed, at -78 °C, 4-chlorobutyllithium was obtained, then it was subjected in
situ to reaction with lactones 11a-c to afford the desired steroidal chlorides 17a-c (Scheme 3). They
were subsequently transformed into azides 18a-c with NaN3 in DMF, followed by the Staudinger type
reaction with PPh3/THF/H2O, whereby N-cyclization took place. To our disappointment, the reaction
provided an inseparable mixture of epimers 19a-c (22R and 22S) in ratio of about 2:1. That was due to
the lack of C27 methyl group that is crucial for the stereoselectivity control at C22 by assuming an
energetically favorable equatorial orientation during cyclization process. The ratio was established by
integration of the well resolved signals 16-H in both epimers (Figure 3). Attempts to avoid the
formation of the epimeric mixture by using a more crowded phosphine reagent P(o-tol)3 failed,
because the reaction did not proceed, even under reflux conditions.
Scheme 3. Synthetic route to 4-nitrobenzyl carbamates 20a-c from lactones 11a-c.
To differentiate the epimeric pairs 19a-c (22R and 22S), an easily formed and cleavable under
mild conditions p-nitrobenzyl carbamate (pNZ) protection was employed.13 Initially we expected that
due to the steric hindrance only the 22S epimer would be transformed into the carbamate (then a
separation of two disparate compounds would be trivial). However, both epimers reacted smoothly
with 4-nitrobenzyl chloroformate and 1M KOH in diethyl ether affording the same N-protected 27-
nortomatidine derivatives 20a-c, verified by representative crystal structures of 20a and 20b, which
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proved the 22S configuration in both compounds (see Figure 2a and 2b, respectively). This unusual
transformation of the epimeric mixture into a single stereoisomer of the pNZ-derivative is
convincingly evidenced by H NMR as shown in Figure 3. One of two signals of the 16-H ( 4.13
and 4.27 ppm) in the spectrum of 22R/S epimeric mixture 19a (22R and 22S) disappeared and only the
upfield shifted signal at  4.17 ppm, coming from the 22S epimer, was present in the spectrum of
compound 20a. Analogous changes were also observed for other pairs of the spectra of compounds
19b-c and 20b-c. For comparison, the literature 16-H chemical shifts for soladulcidine (2) (22R) and
tomatidine (3) (22S) are 4.296h and 4.1214 ppm, respectively.
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a)
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Figure 2. X-ray structures of 20a (a) and 20b (b). Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 30%
probability level.
These results refer to our recent work where we described N-acetylation of solasodine (1), proceeding
with inversion of configuration at the spiro carbon atom.15 This is a consequence of existence in the
course of the reaction a verazine-type intermediate with an open E-ring, which is based on the 22,26-
epimino-27-norcholest-22(N)-ene skeleton.16 The aforementioned partial epimerization is related to the
rotation about the C20-C22 single bond followed by recyclization of the E-ring to the energetically
favored 22S isomer.
Figure 3. Diagnostic region of 1H NMR spectra of 19a (R/S) and 20a(S).
Interestingly, the X-ray structure analysis of p-nitrobenzyl carbamates 20a and 20b revealed
that these compounds have the same S configuration at C22, the same Z configuration about the amide
partial double bond but different conformation of F-ring. It is a slightly distorted chair in 20b while in
20a the F-ring assumes a twist-boat conformation in crystalline state. In our previous study on the
N,O-diacetylsolasodine structure15 it has been shown that there is a low energy difference between the
two conformations.
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To complete the syntheses of 27-nortomatidine derivatives 21a-c, deprotection of the
secondary amine in the F-ring fragment was needed. For this purpose, mild reaction conditions were
applied due to sensitivity of an oxa-aza spiro moiety to acids. Thus, compounds 20a-c were subjected
to hydrogenation over 10 wt % Pd/C under H2 flow in ethanol. Unexpectedly, the carbamates were
converted to the mixture of epimers 19a-c (22R and 22S) with approximately the same ratio (2:1) as
before, regardless of shortening the reaction time or lowering the temperature. We also tried to
perform this transformation by treating p-nitrobenzyl carbamates 20a-c with tetrabutylammonium
fluoride (TBAF)17 in THF, counting on simultaneous cleavage of the 3-hydroxyl group (Scheme 4).
As a result, the inseparable mixtures of epimeric compounds – 27-norsoladulcidine (21a-c(R)) and 27-
nortomatidine (21a-c(S)) derivatives in ratio of about 2:1 ratio were obtained.
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Scheme 4. Reaction conditions applied for deprotection of functional groups in epimers 19a-c (22R
and 22S), and carbamates 20a-c.
A rationale for this reverse epimerization process can be as follows: an attack of fluoride on
the carboxyl group of the carbamate portion (Scheme 5) generated a tetrahedral intermediate which
evolved into p-nitrobenzyl fluorocarbonate and 27-nortomatidine anion. The latter was transformed
into relatively stable alkoxide formed by cleavage of E-ring and then quenched by protonation. In this
imine intermediate, a rotation about the C20-C22 bond may occur. Subsequent intramolecular
nucleophilic addition of the alcohol to the imine caused E-ring reclosure. Finally, a mixture of 27-
norsoladulcidine (21a-c(R)) and 27-nortomatidine (21a-c(S)) derivatives in the ratio corresponding to
their relative thermodynamic stability was formed.
Scheme 5. Proposed mechanism for the cleavage of pNZ group in the presence of fluoride resulting in
epimerization at C22.
Inspection of Dreiding models and molecular modeling using the MM+ force-field also
confirmed the preference for the N-unsubstituted 22R-spirosolanes over the 22S ones, the difference in
steric energies is relatively low and amounts to 1.89 kcal/mol, while for N-acyl derivatives the 22S
configuration is favored and in those cases the difference is up to 3.2 kcal/mol (see Table 1).
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Table 1. Steric energiesa of 22R- and 22S-spirosolanes and their N-acyl derivatives (E/Z 
configuration about the amide partial double bond).
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soladulcidine
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N-benzyloxy-
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52.97 (Z)
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50.93 (Z)
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a HyperChem for Windows, Release 7.5, from Hypercube, Inc.; minimizations employed the MM+
force field and the Polak-Ribiere algorithm with RMS gradient 0.001 kcal/A˚ mol.
b Steric energies for the E isomers were much higher.
CONCLUSIONS
In summary, we have developed a new synthetic route to 27-norspirosolane alkaloids from tigogenin
(6), epismilagenin (7) and smilagenin (8) via appropriate dinorcholanic lactones. The key
transformation was the addition of an organolithium reagent to the lactone followed by the reductive
cyclization of an intermediate steroidal azide with PPh3/H2O. This methodology provides a convenient
and efficient strategy for the synthesis of various F-ring modified spirosolane derivatives.
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
General Methods. Commercially available reagent grade chemicals were used as received. The
solvents were dried prior to use by distillation over the following drying agents: DMF (4Å molecular
sieves), THF (Na/benzophenone), Et2O (Na), CH2Cl2 (CaH2), pyridine (KOH). Flash column
chromatography and dry flash chromatography were performed with JT Baker silica gel, pore size 40Å
(70-230 mesh), unless otherwise stated. Reactions were monitored by TLC on silica gel plates 60 F254
(Merck) and spots were detected either by UV-absorption (UV Emita VP 60, 180 W) and/or by
charring with H2SO4/ molybdophosphoric acid/cerium(IV) sulfate in H2SO4. Some of the reactions
were carried out under argon atmosphere using standard Schlenk techniques. 1H and 13C NMR data for
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were recorded at ambient temperature using Brucker Ultrashield Plus 400 spectrometers and are
referenced to TMS (0.0 ppm) and CDCl3 (77.0 ppm) respectively, unless otherwise noted. The ATR-
IR spectra were recorded with Nicolet 6700 FT-IR Spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, USA) in the 600-
4000 cm-1 range. Melting points were determined by Kofler bench (Boetius type) melting point
apparatus. HRMS were obtained on an Electrospray Ionisation Time of Flight (ESI-TOF) Micromass
spectrometer.
General Procedure for Lactone Preparation (10a-c). To a mixture of AcOH (22 mL) and
concentrated sulfuric acid (0.4 mL), iodine (0.87 mmol) was added and it was stirred for 30 min at
room temperature. Then 3 g (7.2 mmol) of sapogenin 6, 7 or 8 was added and the mixture was stirred
for further 10 min. To the reaction mixture peroxyacetic acid in CH3COOH (39%) (8 mL, 75 mmol)
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was added dropwise. After 14 h, the reaction was saponified with 5N NaOH to pH = 13 at room
temperature and left overnight. The crude product was filtered off and dried in vacuo. Flash
chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane 2:8) provided 10a-c as white crystalline compounds (83-86%).
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3β-Hydroxy-23,24-dinor-5α-cholano-22,16-lactone (10a). Yield: 85% (2.12 g); m.p. 237–239 °C
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NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 4.96–4.91 (m, 1H), 3.61–3.56 (m, 1H), 2.57 (dq, J = 7.6, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 2.29–
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(CDCl3) δ (ppm): 181.3 (C), 82.8 (CH), 71.1 (CH), 59.0 (CH), 54.6 (CH), 54.4 (CH), 44.8 (CH), 41.7
(C), 38.3 (CH2), 38.1 (CH2), 36.9 (CH2), 36.0 (CH), 35.6 (C), 34.9 (CH), 33.0 (CH2), 32.1 (CH2), 31.4
(CH2), 28.4 (CH2), 20.5 (CH2), 17.9 (CH3), 13.8 (CH3), 12.3 (CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+
Calcd for C22H34O3Na 369.2406; Found 369.2421.
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(CDCl3) δ (ppm): 4.98–4.93 (m, 1H), 3.69–3.61 (m, 1H), 2.58 (dq, J = 7.6, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 2.31–2.24 (m,
1H), 1.87 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 1.32 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 3H), 0.95 (s, 3H), 0.74 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ
(ppm): 181.3 (C), 82.8 (CH), 71.6 (CH), 59.1 (CH), 54.6 (CH), 41.8 (CH), 41.8 (C), 40.6 (CH), 38.5
(CH2), 36.3 (CH2), 36.1 (CH), 35.3 (CH2), 35.2 (CH), 34.7 (C), 33.0 (CH2), 30.4 (CH2), 26.9 (CH2),
26.6 (CH2), 23.3 (CH3), 20.1 (CH2), 18.0 (CH3), 13.8 (CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd
for C22H34O3Na 369.2406; Found 369.2401.
3β-Hydroxy-23,24-dinor-5β-cholano-22,16-lactone (10c). Yield: 86% (2.15 g); m.p. 198-200 °C
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(ethyl acetate/hexane); IR, νmax (cm 1): 3525, 2923, 1749, 1449, 1187, 1031; H NMR (CDCl3) δ
(ppm): 4.97–4.92 (m, 1H), 4.17–4.07 (m, 1H), 2.59 (dq, J = 7.6, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 2.31–2.24 (m, 1H), 1.87
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181.3 (C), 82.8 (CH), 66.9 (CH), 59.1 (CH), 54.7 (CH), 41.8 (C), 39.9 (CH), 38.5 (CH2), 36.3 (CH),
36.0 (CH), 35.2 (C), 35.0 (CH), 33.4 (CH2), 33.0 (CH2), 29.9 (CH2), 27.8 (CH2), 26.4 (CH2), 26.3
(CH2), 23.8 (CH3), 20.3 (CH2), 18.0 (CH3), 13.8 (CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for
C22H34O3Na 369.2406; Found 369.2395.
General Procedure for a 3-Hydroxyl Group Protection as TBDMS Ethers in Lactones (11a-c).
To a solution of compound 10a, b or c (1050 mg; 3.03 mmol) in dry DMF (20 mL), imidazole (413
mg, 6.07 mmol) and t-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (685 mg, 4.54 mmol) were added. The reaction
mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h, poured into saturated aqueous solution of NaCl and
extracted with CH2Cl2 (3 x 100 mL). The organic layers were combined, dried over Na2SO4, and
evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified over silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane (7:93)
elution to afford compounds 11a-c (86-95%).
3β-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-23,24-dinor-5α-cholano-22,16-lactone (11a). Yield: 95% (1326 mg); m.p.
116–118 °C (ethyl acetate/hexane); IR, νmax (cm−1): 2931, 2855, 1757, 1183, 1092, 1059, 837; 1H NMR
(CDCl3) δ (ppm): 4.96–4.91 (m, 1H), 3.58–3.52 (m, 1H), 2.58 (dq, J = 7.6, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 2.30–2.23 (m,
1H), 1.86 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 1H), 1.32 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.75 (s, 3H), 0.06 (s,
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45.0 (CH), 41.7 (C), 38.6 (CH2), 38.4 (CH2), 37.1 (CH2), 36.1 (CH), 35.6 (C), 34.9 (CH), 33.0 (CH2),
32.2 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 28.5 (CH2), 25.9 (3×CH3), 20.5 (CH2), 18.2 (C), 18.0 (CH3), 13.9 (CH3), 12.4
(CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C28H48O3SiNa 483.3270; Found
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3α-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-23,24-dinor-5β-cholano-22,16-lactone (11b). Yield: 90% (1256 mg); m.p.
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2.23 (m, 1H), 1.86 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.32 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 3H), 0.93 (s, 3H), 0.90 (s, 9H), 0.73 (s,
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42.1 (CH), 41.8 (C), 40.4 (CH), 38.5 (CH2), 36.9 (CH2), 36.1 (CH), 35.5 (CH2), 35.2 (CH2), 34.7 (C),
33.0 (CH2), 31.0 (CH2), 27.0 (CH2), 26.6 (CH2), 26.0 (3×CH3), 23.3 (CH), 20.1 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 18.0
(CH3), 13.8 (CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C28H48O3SiNa
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40.2 (CH), 38.7 (CH2), 36.4 (CH), 36.1 (CH), 35.2 (CH), 35.2 (C), 34.4 (CH2), 33.1 (CH2), 31.0
(CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 26.7 (2×CH2), 25.8 (3×CH3), 23.9 (CH3), 20.4 (CH2), 18.1 (C), 18.0 (CH3), 13.9
(CH3), -4.8 (CH3), -4.9 (CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C28H48O3SiNa 483.3270;
Found 483.3283.
Preparation of (22S)-3β-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-26,27-dinor-5α-furost-24-en-22-ol (12a). To a
solution of 11a (1255 mg, 2.72 mmol) in dry THF (15 mL) cooled to −78 °C (dry ice/acetone bath)
allylmagnesium bromide solution (2.9 mL 2.90 mmol; 1M in diethyl ether) was added dropwise. The
reaction mixture was stirred for 15 min under argon, quenched with saturated aqueous solution of
NH4Cl at −78 °C and allowed to stand at room temperature. The product was extracted three times
with diethyl ether (3 x 100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated aqueous
solution of NaCl, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was
purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane (6:94) elution to
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108.9 (C), 81.5 (CH), 72.1 (CH), 62.6 (CH), 56.3 (CH), 54.5 (CH), 45.0 (CH), 43.4 (CH2), 40.9 (C),
40.2 (CH), 40.0 (CH2), 38.7 (CH2), 37.2 (CH2), 35.6 (C), 35.1 (CH), 32.3 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 31.7
(CH2), 28.7 (CH2), 25.9 (3CH3), 21.0 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.5 (CH3), 15.3 (CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6
(2CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C31H54O3SiNa 525.3740; Found 525.3757.
Preparation of Lactol 14a from 12a. The solution of 12a (50 mg, 0.1 mmol) in large excess of
allylamine (5 mL) molecular sieves 4 Å were added. The solution was stirred for 2 h at 50 °C before
quenching with Et3N (0.2 mL) at a set temperature. The mixture was cooled down to room
temperature and filtered through Celite. After evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure, the
resulting crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography with methanol/chloroform
(1:9) elution to afford lactol 14a in 63 % yield (35 mg) as white crystals: m.p. 134-136 °C
(methanol/dichloromethane); IR, νmax (cm−1): 3170, 2923, 1641, 1456, 1250, 1056, 986, 829; 1H NMR
(CDCl3) δ (ppm): 5.93–5.86 (m, 1H), 5.21–5.06 (m, 2H), 4.58 (dd, J = 14.2, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 3.60–3.48
(m, 1H), 3.44–3.36 (m, 1H), 3.36–3.26 (m, 1H), 3.26–3.16 (m, 1H), 1.13 (d, J = 6.4 Hz, 3H), 0.99 (d,
J = 6.5 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.75 (s, 3H), 0.05 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
136.1 (CH), 116.1 (CH2), 110.9 (C), 80.5 (CH), 72.1 (CH), 62.3 (CH), 56.2 (CH), 54.4 (CH), 50.6
(CH), 48.6 (CH2), 45.0 (CH), 42.6 (CH2), 42.0 (CH), 40.6 (C), 40.1 (CH2), 38.7 (CH2), 37.1 (CH2),
35.6 (C), 35.1 (CH), 32.3 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 28.7 (CH2), 25.9 (3CH3), 21.0 (CH2), 21.0
(CH3), 18.3 (C), 16.5 (CH3), 15.3 (CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6 (2CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+
Calcd for C34H61NO3SiNa 582.4318; Found 582.4347.
Preparation of Diol 16a from 11a. Iodine (20 mg, 0.08 mmol, 0.72 eq), magnesium turnings (3.2 mg,
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reflux condenser. The mixture was heated to 65 °C under argon and a solution of 1,4-dibromobutane
(0.033 mL, 59 mg, 0.275 mmol, 2.5 eq) in THF (5 mL) was added dropwise. After 10 minutes of
stirring at this temperature lactone 11a (50 mg, 0.11 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was slowly added and
stirring was continued under gentle reflux for another 15 min. Then, the mixture was cooled down to
room temperature and quenched with saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl. The crude product was
extracted three times with diethyl ether (3 x 50 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over
Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by silica gel
column chromatography with ethyl acetate/hexane (1:9) elution to afford diol 16a in 79% yield (44
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Hz, 3H), 0.92 (s, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.81 (s, 3H), 0.06 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 87.5 (C),
72.9 (CH), 72.2 (CH), 59.3 (CH), 54.4 (CH), 54.3 (CH), 45.0 (CH), 43.5 (C), 40.8 (CH2), 40.4 (CH2),
38.6 (CH2), 37.1 (CH2), 36.8 (CH), 35.5 (C), 35.2 (CH), 34.0 (CH2), 32.1 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 28.7
(CH2), 26.9 (CH2), 25.9 (3CH3), 24.2 (CH2), 23.6 (CH2), 21.1 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 15.9 (CH3), 13.1
(CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6 (2CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C32H58O3SiNa
541.4053; Found 541.4026.
General Procedure for the Synthesis of Steroidal Chlorides 17a-c from Lactones 11a-c. To a
cooled solution (-78 °C; dry ice/acetone bath) of 1-chloro-4-iodobutane (0.16 mL, 1.32 mmol, 3 eq) in
dry Et2O (20 mL) solution of t-BuLi (1.55 mL, 1.7 M in pentane, 2.64 mmol, 6 eq) under argon was
added. The reaction was allowed to run for further 1 h, and then the solution of lactone 11a-c (203 mg,
0.44 mmol, 1 eq) in Et2O (5 mL) cooled to 0 °C (ice/water bath) was dropwise added. After 10 min of
stirring at -78 °C, saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl (10 mL) was carefully poured into a flask and
the reaction mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature (about 1 h). The product was
extracted three times with diethyl ether (3 x 100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over
Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column
chromatography on silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane (6:94) elution to afford compound 17a-c (81-
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(22S)-3β-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-26-chloro-27-nor-5α-furost-22-ol (17a). Yield: 81% (198 mg);
amorphous solid; IR, νmax (cm−1): 3399, 2932, 2855, 1456, 1097, 836, 774; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
4.59 (dd, J = 14.7, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 3.61–3.50 (m, 1H), 3.55 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.02–1.93 (m, 1H), 1.03
(d, J = 6.9 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.78 (s, 3H), 0.05 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
110.2 (C), 81.5 (CH), 72.1 (CH), 62.7 (CH), 56.3 (CH), 54.4 (CH), 45.0 (CH), 44.9 (CH2), 41.0 (C),
40.0 (CH2), 39.8 (CH), 38.6 (CH2), 38.2 (CH2), 37.2 (CH2), 35.6 (C), 35.1 (CH), 32.8 (CH2), 31.9
(CH2), 31.7 (CH2), 28.7 (CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 25.9 (3×CH3), 21.3 (CH2), 21.0 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.4
(CH3), 15.5 (CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for
C32H57ClO3SiNa 575.3663; Found 575.3651.
(22S)-3α-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-26-chloro-27-nor-5β-furost-22-ol (17b). Yield: 83% (203 mg);
amorphous solid; IR, νmax (cm−1): 3427, 2921, 1455, 1247, 1092, 832, 771; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
4.60 (dd, J = 13.9, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 3.65–3.49 (m, 1H), 3.55 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.03–1.93 (m, 1H), 1.04
(d, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H), 0.93 (s, 3H), 0.90 (s, 9H), 0.77 (s, 3H), 0.06 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
110.2 (C), 81.6 (CH), 72.7 (CH), 72.7 (CH), 62.8 (CH), 56.2 (CH), 44.8 (CH2), 42.2 (CH), 41.1 (C),
40.3 (CH), 40.0 (CH2), 39.8 (CH), 38.2 (CH2), 36.9 (CH2), 35.6 (CH2), 35.5 (CH), 34.7 (C), 32.8
(CH2), 31.8 (CH2), 31.0 (CH2), 27.2 (CH2), 26.6 (CH2), 26.0 (3×CH3), 23.4 (CH3), 21.3 (CH2), 20.5
(CH2),18.3 (C), 16.4 (CH3), 15.5 (CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for
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amorphous solid; IR, νmax (cm−1): 3432, 2926, 1454, 1249, 1054, 837, 770; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm):
4.60 (dd, J = 14.4, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 4.07–3.99 (m, 1H), 3.56 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 1.04 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H),
0.96 (s, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.78 (s, 3H), 0.02 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 110.2 (C), 81.6 (CH),
67.4 (CH), 62.8 (CH), 56.5 (CH), 44.8 (CH2), 41.1 (C), 40.2 (CH2), 40.1 (CH), 39.8 (CH), 38.2 (CH2),
36.5 (CH), 35.4 (CH), 35.2 (C), 34.4 (CH2), 32.8 (CH2), 31.8 (CH2), 30.0 (CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 26.8
(CH2), 26.7 (CH2), 25.8 (3×CH3), 24.0 (CH3), 21.3 (CH2), 20.9 (CH2),18.1 (C), 16.4 (CH3), 15.5
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General Procedure for the Synthesis of Steroidal Azides 18a-c from Chlorides 17a-c. A solution
of chloride 17a-c (165 mg, 0.3 mmol) in dry DMF (11 mL) was placed in round-bottomed flask fitted
with reflux condenser, to which sodium azide (35 mg, 0.54 mmol, 1.8 eq) was added. After stirring at
80 °C for 18 h, the reaction mixture was cooled down to room temperature, poured into water and
extracted three times with Et2O (100 mL each). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4,
and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by dry flash chromatography on silica gel
with ethyl acetate/hexane (8:92) elution to afford compound 18a-c (89-99%).
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1.03 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.78 (s, 3H), 0.06 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ
(ppm): 110.2 (C), 81.5 (CH), 72.1 (CH), 62.7 (CH), 56.3 (CH), 54.5 (CH), 51.4 (CH2), 45.0 (CH),
41.0 (C), 39.9 (CH2), 39.8 (CH), 38.6 (CH2), 38.5 (CH2), 37.2 (CH2), 35.6 (C), 35.1 (CH), 32.3 (CH2),
31.9 (CH2), 31.7 (CH2), 29.2 (CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 25.9 (3×CH3), 21.1 (CH2), 21.0 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.4
(CH3), 15.5 (CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for
C32H57N3O3SiNa 582.4067; Found 582.4048.
(22S)-3α-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-26-azido-27-nor-5β-furost-22-ol (18b). Yield: 89% (149 mg); m.p.
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NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 4.60 (dd, J = 13.9, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 3.65–3.53 (m, 1H), 3.29 (t, J = 6.7 Hz, 2H),
2.02–1.92 (m, 1H), 1.04 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H), 0.93 (s, 3H), 0.90 (s, 9H), 0.77 (s, 3H), 0.07 (s, 6H); 13C
NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 110.2 (C), 81.6 (CH), 72.7 (CH), 62.8 (CH), 56.2 (CH), 51.4 (CH2), 42.2
(CH), 41.1 (C), 40.3 (CH), 40.0 (CH2), 39.8 (CH), 38.5 (CH2), 36.9 (CH2), 35.6 (CH2), 35.5 (CH),
34.7 (C), 31.8 (CH2), 31.0 (CH2), 29.2 (CH2), 27.2 (CH2), 26.6 (CH2), 26.0 (3×CH3), 23.4 (CH3), 21.1
(CH2), 20.5 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.4 (CH3), 15.5 (CH3), -4.6 (2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+
Calcd for C32H57N3O3SiNa 582.4067; Found 582.4040.
(22S)-3β-t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy-26-azido-5β-27-nor-furost-22-ol (18c). Yield: 99% (165 mg); m.p.
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δ (ppm): 110.2 (C), 81.6 (CH), 67.4 (CH), 62.8 (CH), 56.4 (CH), 51.4 (CH2), 41.1 (C), 40.2 (CH2),
40.1 (CH), 39.8 (CH), 38.5 (CH2), 36.5 (CH), 35.4 (CH), 35.2 (C), 34.4 (CH2), 31.8 (CH2), 30.0
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(CH2), 18.1 (C), 16.4 (CH3),15.5 (CH3), -4.8 (CH3), -4.9 (CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+
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General Procedure for Reductive Cyclization of Azides 18a-c. To a solution of azide 18a-c (210
mg, 0.38 mmol, 1 eq) in THF (50 mL) and water (10 mL) PPh3 (300 mg, 1.14 mmol, 3 eq) was added.
The mixture was stirred at 50 °C for 19 h, and then it was cooled down to room temperature and
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concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on
silica gel with methanol/dichloromethane (2.5:97.5) elution to afford the 22R/S epimeric mixture 19a-c
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1H), 2.08–1.95 (m, 2H), 0.95 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 6H), 0.93 (s, 6H), 0.90 (s, 18H), 0.81 (s, 3H), 0.79 (s,
3H), 0.07 (s, 12H); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + H]+ Calcd for C32H58NO2Si 516.4231; Found
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Mixture of 22-epimers 19c. Yield: 98% (189 mg); IR, νmax (cm−1): 3465, 2927, 2855, 1444, 1375,
1249, 1064, 829; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 4.41-4.35 (m, 1H), 4.13 (dd, J = 13.9, 7.1 Hz, 1H), 4.08–
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= 6.3 Hz, 6H), 0.86 (s, 6H), 0.89 (s, 18H), 0.83 (s, 3H), 0.79 (s, 3H), 0.02 (s, 12H); HRMS (ESI-TOF)
m/z: [M + H]+ Calcd for C32H58NO2Si 516.4231; Found 516.4234.
General Procedure for the Synthesis of Carbamates 20a-c from Mixtures of 22R/S Isomers 19a-c.
To a solution of the mixture of C22-epimers 19a-c (40 mg, 0.07 mmol, 1 eq) in Et2O (15 mL) and 1M
KOH (0.1 mL) 4-nitrobenzyl chloroformate (80 mg, 0.37 mmol, 5.3 eq) was added. The mixture was
stirred at room temperature for 16 h. Then it was diluted with an additional portion (10 mL) of diethyl
ether and filtered through a fritted funnel containing Al2O3 and powdered KOH. The funnel was
washed with two portions of diethyl ether (50 mL each), and the solvent was evaporated under
reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography with ethyl
acetate/hexane (6:94) elution to afford compound 20a-c as white crystalline materials (88-90%).
(3β-t-Butyldimethylsilyl)-N-(4-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)-27-nortomatidine (20a). Yield: 90% (49
mg); m.p. 179–181 °C (methanol/dichloromethane); IR, νmax (cm−1): 2929, 2854, 1703, 1603, 1522,
1342, 1254, 1161, 1061, 836; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 8.22 (d, J = 8.6 Hz, 2H), 7.51 (d, J = 8.6 Hz,
2H), 5.24 (d, J = 13.7 Hz, 1H), 5.18 (d, J = 13.6 Hz, 1H), 4.17 (dd, J = 14.5, 7.3 Hz, 1H), 3.87–3.77
(m, 1H), 3.68–3.59 (m, 1H), 3.59–3.48 (m, 1H), 3.27–3.16 (m, 1H), 2.03–1.94 (m, 1H), 1.09 (d, J =
6.9 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H), 0.83 (s, 3H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.05 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 154.0
(C), 147.5 (C), 144.5 (C), 127.9 (2×CH), 123.7 (2×CH), 100.8 (C), 79.0 (CH), 72.1 (CH), 65.1 (CH2),
63.4 (CH), 56.0 (CH), 54.5 (CH), 45.1 (CH), 43.8 (CH2), 41.4 (C), 40.1 (CH2), 38.7 (CH2), 38.1 (CH),
37.2 (CH2), 35.6 (C), 35.1 (CH), 32.4 (CH2), 31.9 (CH2), 28.7 (CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 27.9 (CH2), 25.9
(3×CH3), 24.4 (CH2), 21.0 (CH2), 18.4 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.8 (CH3), 16.5 (CH3), 12.4 (CH3), -4.6
(2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C40H62N2O6SiNa 717.4275; Found 717.4289.
(3α-t-Butyldimethylsilyl)-N-(4-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)-27-nor-5β-spirosolane (20b). Yield: 88%
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1H), 3.88–3.76 (m, 1H), 3.69–3.54 (m, 2H), 3.29–3.17 (m, 1H), 2.04–1.93 (m, 1H), 1.09 (d, J = 6.9
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(CH), 55.9 (CH), 43.8 (CH2), 42.2 (CH), 41.4 (C), 40.4 (CH), 40.2 (CH2), 38.0 (CH), 36.9 (CH2), 35.6
(CH2), 35.4 (CH), 34.7 (C), 32.4 (CH2), 31.0 (CH2), 27.8 (CH2), 27.2 (CH2), 26.7 (CH2), 26.0
(3×CH3), 24.4 (CH2), 23.4 (CH3), 20.6 (CH2), 18.3 (CH2), 18.3 (C), 16.8 (CH3), 16.5 (CH3), -4.6
(2×CH3); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C40H62N2O6SiNa 717.4275; Found 717. 4284.
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(49 mg); m.p. 153–155 °C (ethyl acetate/hexane); IR, νmax (cm−1): 2927, 2856, 1703, 1603, 1522, 1342,
1254, 1166, 1066, 832; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 8.23 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.51 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H),
5.25 (d, J = 13.7 Hz, 1H), 5.19 (d, J = 13.7 Hz, 1H), 4.18 (dd, J = 14.8, 7.2 Hz, 1H), 4.07–4.00 (m,
1H), 3.88–3.76 (m, 1H), 3.69–3.59 (m, 1H), 3.28-3.16 (m, 1H), 2.04–1.93 (m, 1H), 1.10 (d, J = 6.9
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(CH), 56.2 (CH), 43.8 (CH2), 41.5 (C), 40.4 (CH2), 40.1 (CH), 38.1 (CH), 36.5 (CH), 35.3 (CH), 35.2
(C), 34.4 (CH2), 32.4 (CH2), 30.0 (CH2), 28.6 (CH2), 27.9 (CH2), 26.8 (2×CH2), 25.8 (3×CH3), 24.4
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HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + Na]+ Calcd for C40H62N2O6SiNa 717.4275; Found 717.4282.
General Procedure for the Deprotection of Carbamates 20a-c. A solution of carbamate 20a-c (35
mg, 0.05 mmol) in dry THF (12 mL) was placed in a round-bottomed flask, to which
tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) (0.5 mL, 1 M in THF, 0.5 mmol, 10 eq) was dropwise added.
After stirring at room temperature for 24 h, the reaction mixture was poured into water (20 mL) and
extracted three times with Et2O (50 mL each). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4,
and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography with
ethyl acetate (100%) or methanol/dichloromethane (1:9) elution to afford compounds 21a-c (89-93%).
Mixture of 22-epimers 21a. Yield: 91% (18 mg); IR, νmax (cm−1): 3434, 2925, 2852, 1449, 1367, 1261,
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2H), 0.99 (s, 6H), 0.94 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 6H), 0.83 (s, 3H), 0.79 (s, 3H); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M +
H]+ Calcd for C26H44NO2 402.3367; Found 402.3371.
Mixture of 22-epimers 21b. Yield: 93% (19 mg); IR, νmax (cm−1): 3431, 2930, 2857, 1456, 1376, 1252,
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Hz, 1H), 3.70-3.57 (m, 2H), 3.19-3.04 (m, 1H), 3.04-2.93 (m, 1H), 2.87-2.77 (m, 1H), 2.77-2.68 (m,
1H), 2.08–1.95 (m, 2H), 0.96 (s, 6H), 0.95 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 6H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.78 (s, 3H); HRMS (ESI-
TOF) m/z: [M + H]+ Calcd for C26H44NO2 402.3367; Found 402.3375.
Mixture of 22-epimers 21c. Yield: 89% (17 mg); IR, νmax (cm−1): 3432, 2925, 2859, 1449, 1376, 1262,
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6H), 0.82 (s, 3H), 0.79 (s, 3H); HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + H]+ Calcd for C26H44NO2 402.3367;
Found 402.3379.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from National Science Centre, Poland
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