Abstract
Cyclopropyl ketones are converted into their hydrazones which react with mercury(II) oxide and mercury(II) acetate to give α-(acetoxymercurio)alkyl acetates. These are reduced in situ to the corresponding α-acetoxyalkylmercury(II) hydrides which rearrange spontaneously with cleavage of the cyclopropane ring. The procedure is used to obtain D-homo- and 17(13→18)-abeo-pregnanes.
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