On the protection of 3α-hydroxy group of A/B cis steroids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919108019755

The difficulties encountered in the protection of 3α-hydroxy group of lithocholic acid 1 with three different types of protective groups are described. Only benzyl ether derivative was found to be suitable for synthetic transformations. The methodology for the synthesis of benzyl ethers of A/B cis steroids is reported for the first time.

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On The Protection of 3α-
Hydroxy Group of A/B cis
Steroids
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Sharmila Banerjee Mukhopadhyay , Umesh R. Desai
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&
Girish K. Trivedi
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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of
Technology, Powai, Bombay, 400 076, India
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Sharmila Banerjee Mukhopadhyay , Umesh R. Desai & Girish K.
Trivedi (1991): On The Protection of 3α-Hydroxy Group of A/B cis Steroids, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 21:6, 757-770
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