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Reductive Elimination of Vicinal Oxygen Functions with Palladium(0). Applications in the Withanolide Series
Keinan, Ehud,Sahai, Mahendra,Kirson, Isaac
, p. 2550 - 2555 (1983)
A high-yielding, chemoselective approach to the steroidal 6β-hydroxy 2,4-dien-1-one system is described by starting from the 4β-acetoxy-5β,6β-epoxy 2-en-1-one derivative.The method allows some useful interconversions in the withanolide series such as the
