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Photochemistry of cyclic α-hydroxy ketones. III. The nature of the photoproducts from 5-hydroxy-5β-cholest-3-en-6-one and the relationship of these to the photoproducts from analogous saturated 5-hydroxycholestan-6-ones
Yates, Peter,Stiver, Shirley
, p. 1209 - 1218 (2007/10/02)
Photolysis of 5-hydroxy-5β-cholest-3-en-6-one (2) in hexanes gave 5-oxo-5,6-seco-cholest-3-en-6-al (13) and acetaldehyde (14).Similar irradiation of 13 gave 14 and a small
