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Stereochemistry of the Reduction of 3β-Benzoyloxycholest-5-en-4-one with Sodium Borohydride
Viger, Antoinette,Marquet, Andree,Barton, Derek H. R.,Motherwell, William B.,Zard, Samir Z.
, p. 1937 - 1940 (2007/10/02)
Reduction of 3β-benzoyloxycholest-5-en-4-one (3) with sodium borohydride under various conditions affords only minor amounts of 3β-benzoyloxycholest-5-en-4β-ol (2a).The major product is the 4α-isomer (6).Using sodium borodeuteride it has been shown that t
