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Functionalisation of Saturated Hydrocarbons. Part 7. On the Mechanism of the Degradation of the Cholesterol Side-chain to 20-Ketone by Oxidation with the Gif System
Barton, Derek H. R.,Boivin, Jean,Crich, David,Hill, Christopher H.
, p. 1805 - 1808 (2007/10/02)
The oxidation by the Gif system of the two dienones (3) and (15) which lack a 25-H still affords minor amounts of the 20-ketone (12).This indicates that there are two mechanisms for the degradation of the cholesterol side-chain, the major route as previou
