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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 27, 1997 - Issue 1
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An Effective Approach to B-Ring Aromatization of Equilin

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Pages 145-155 | Received 05 Jul 1996, Published online: 19 Aug 2006
 

Abstract

Epoxidation of equilin followed by rearrangement -elimination catalyzed by either proton acids or Lewis acids generates an estrogen with an aromatic B -ring. This procedure represents an effective method for the conversion of an equilin nucleus to an equilenin nucleus.

a. Present address: The Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research, 1918 Chenevert, Houston, TX 77003

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a. Present address: The Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research, 1918 Chenevert, Houston, TX 77003

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