Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Water Soluble Steroids with Catalytic Substituents II. Synthesis of 3β-(4 (5)-Imidazolyl)-5α-androstane-11β, 17β,-diamine and Comparison of its Catalytic Properties …

JP Guthrie, Y Ueda

Index: Guthrie; Ueda Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1973 , vol. 51, # 23 p. 3936 - 3942

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Abstract

3β-(4 (5)-Imidazolyl)-5α-androstane-11β, 17β-diamine, 15, has been synthesized in a multistep process from adrenosterone, 2, starting with lithium ammonia reduction to give 11α, 17β-dihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one, 3, which was converted to its diacetate, 4.