A regioselective cyanohydration of steroidal 17-ketones and the configuration of the resulted cyanohydrins

Steroids

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 908-910

  Zhang, Bei Na ^a   Chen, Min Qin ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Xia, Peng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

17 Cyano 17 ol; 17 Cyano 17 ol; Cyanohydration

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; 17ALPHA,17BETA HYDROXYANDROST 1,4 DIEN 3 ONE; 17BETA CYANO 11ALPHA DIHYDROXYANDROST 1,4 DIEN 3 ONE; 17BETA CYANO 17ALPHA HYDROXY 19 NORANDROST 4 EN 3 ONE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOHYDRATION; EPIMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

KETONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRILES; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROIDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33747816818     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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