Improved syntheses of aromatase inhibitors and neuroactive steroids efficient oxidations and reductions at key positions for bioactivity

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3255-3264

  Campos Neves, André S ^a   Sá E Melo, Maria Luisa ^a   Moreno, Maria José S M ^a   Tavares Da Silva, Elisiário J ^a   Salvador, Jorge A R ^a   Da Costa, Saul P ^a   Martins, Rosa Maria L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA,21 DIHYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE ANDROST 4 ENE 3,6,17 TRIONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CHROMIC ACID; NEUROSTEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ISOMERISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0033105263     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01138-7     Document Type: Article

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