Autoxidation vs hydrolysis in 16α-acyloxy steroids

…, A Kasal, M Buděšínský

Index: Slavikova, Barbora; Kasal, Alexander; Budesinsky, Milos Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1999 , vol. 64, # 7 p. 1125 - 1134

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Abstract

Abstract Some enolizable α-hydroxy ketones are extremely susceptible to oxidation with traces of air in a reaction vessel. Autoxidation can be used in synthesis of oxo acids or diacids and their derivatives. Yet alkaline hydrolysis of the substrate is possible though ...