Improved method for the preparation of diethylstilbestrol from 4, 4-bis (p-acetoxyphenyl)-3-hexanone

NI Men'shova, EM Dolginova, GS Grinenko

Index: Men'shova, N. I.; Dolginova, E. M.; Grinenko, G. S. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, 1980 , vol. 14, # 6 p. 390 - 391 Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, 1980 , vol. 14, # 6 p. 61 - 63

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Abstract

We have examined the stage of the reduction of I to IiI and the stage of retropinacol rearrangement of III to IV. We used complex metal hydrides with the aim of developing a method of reduction more suitable for use under industrial conditions. We found that only