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A Series of 7-ω-Carboxamidoalkyl-substituted Estra-1,3,5(10),6-tetraenes
Thiemann, Thies,Umeno, Kuniharu,Inohae, Eiko,Imai, Masao,Shima, Yuji,Mataka, Shuntaro
, p. 101 - 123 (2007/10/03)
A number of 7-ω-carboxamidoalkyl-substituted estra-1,3,5(10),6-tetraenes have been prepared. While in the conjugate addition of α,ω-iodoalkanenitriles to steroidal ketone 3 7α-(ω-cyanoalkyl)estra-1,3,5(10)-triene derivatives 6 are formed, the 7α-cyanoethyl derivative 6a can be synthesized by a Michael addition of the enolate of 3 to acrylonitrile. The preparation of the estra-1,3,5(10),6-tetraenes is achieved by reduction of the keto-functionality at C-6 to alcohols 7 and subsequent elimination acid catalysed elimination. This sequence does not proceed for 7a (n=1). In this case, 6a has to be converted into a tosylhydrazone which is subjected to a Shapiro reaction. The terminal cyano group is hydrolysed to the amide function under phase transfer catalysis (PTC) in the last stage.
