Photochemical Rearrangement of a Steroid
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María Jesús Caus; Antonio Cánovas; Juan-Julio Bonet
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Article
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1980
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John Wiley and Sons
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German
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## Abstract The UV. irradiation of 17β‐acetoxy‐4α, 5α‐epoxy‐2‐oxaandrostan‐3‐one (**7**) yields 17β‐acetoxy‐2‐oxa‐10(5 → 4)__abeo__‐4ζ (H)‐androsta‐3,5‐dione (**11**). A non‐photochemical synthesis of **11**, proceeding in lower yield, is also described.