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Synthesis of Digitoxigenin from 3β-Acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one involving Palladium Induced Rearrangement of an Allylic Epoxide
Wicha, Jerzy,Kabat, Marek M.
, p. 985 - 987 (2007/10/02)
A synthesis of digitoxigenin (1) from 3β-acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one (2) has been developed in which the key step involved a rearrangement of the allylic epoxide (8) to the butanolide (9) induced by tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0).
