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A Revisitation of the Clemmensen Reduction of Diosgenin. Characterization of Byproducts and their Use in the Preparation of (25R)-26-Hydroxysterols.
Ni, Yuan,Kim, Hong-Seok,Wilson, William K.,Kisic, Alemka,Schroepfer George J.
, p. 3687 - 3690 (2007/10/02)
Four major byproducts of the Clemmensen reduction of diosgenin have been isolated and identified: (25R)-17β-methyl-18-nor-17α-cholesta-5,13-diene-3β,26-diol, dihydrodiosgenin, (22E,25R)-cholesta-5,22-diene-3β,16β,26-triol, and its 22Z isomer.These byprodu
