Abstract
Dehydro-oogoniol(3β,11α,15β,29-tetrahydroxystigmasta-5,24(28)(E)-dien-7-one), a female-activating hormone of the water mold Achlya, has been synthesized from 4-androstene-3,11,17-trione by a series of highly stereoselective reactions. One of these involved 1,4-addition of the magnesium cyanocuprate derivative of 3-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-4-methylpentyl bromide to 3β-hydroxy-15β,16β-epoxy-11-oxo-(17E)-pregna -5, 17(20)-diene 3-tert -butyidimethylsilyl ether. The structure of an intermediate, 3β,11β,15β-triacetoxy-5-cholesten-24-one, was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Oogoniol [(24R)-3β,11α,15β,29-tetrahydroxy-stigmast-5-en-7-one] was synthesized in a similar manner by reaction of the magnesium cyanocuprate of (S)-3-(1-methylethyl)-5-[(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]pentyl bromide with the above epoxy pregnadiene
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