A new method for the preparation of Ent-cholesterol from Ent- testosterone

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 823-826

  Kumar, A Sampath ^a   Covey, Douglas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enantiospecificity; Ene reactions; Stereocontrol; Steroids and Sterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; HYDROGENATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0033613797     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02588-X     Document Type: Article

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