Abstract
Abstract N,O-Diacetyldeoxojervine, obtained by the Wolff-Kishner reduction of jervine followed by acetylation, has been catalytically hydrogenated to (22S,25S)-N,3-O-diacetyl-5α-veratranine-3β,3β-diol. Irradiation in benzene containing mercury(II) oxide and iodine afforded 20-formyl-17β-ethyl-12α-etiojervan-3β-ol 3-acetate which was converted into 17β-ethyl-3β-hydroxy-12α-etiojervan-20-one 3-acetate by dye-sensitized photo-oxygenation of the corresponding morpholine enamine. Reduction to 17β-ethyl-12α-etiojervane-3β,20β-diol 3-acetate with sodium borohydride followed by irradiation in benzene in the presence of mercury(II) oxide and iodine afforded an 18-functional C-nor-D-homosteroid, (20R)-18,20-epoxy-17β-ethyl-12α-etiojervane-3β,20β-diol. The configuration of the methyl group on the tetrahydrofuran ring has been shown to be α on the basis of the NMR spectrum, confirming a previous assignment.
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