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SUBMITTER: Stastna E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3154374 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Stastna Eva E Rath Nigam P NP Covey Douglas F DF
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20110503 12
Expansion of the D-ring of 19-norsteroids with incorporation of the steroid C-18 methyl group into a newly formed six-membered ring provides easy access to the chrysene ring system. By taking advantage of the symmetry of the chrysene ring system and avoiding meso chrysene intermediates, four optically pure 2,8-difunctionalized (C-2 hydroxyl group and C-8 oxo group) hexadecahydrochrysene diastereomers, and their corresponding optically pure enantiomers were prepared from 19-nortestosterone. The e ...[more]