Abstract

The compounds named in the title were prepared by routes which included the reduction of suitable 16α,17-epoxypregnan-20-ones with aluminium amalgam to give 16α-hydroxypregnan-20-ones, and reduction of the 20-oxo function either with sodium borohydride to obtain the 3, 16α, 20β-triols or with lithium-liquid ammonia to obtain the 3, 16α, 20α-triols.

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