Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1982, 47, 144-155
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19820144
The solvolyses of 3α and 3β-p-toluenesulphonates of 19-acetoxy-5,6β-cyclopropano-5β-cholestane-3,19-diols
Jan Fajkoš and Jiří Joska
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 166 10 Prague 6
Abstract
Acetolyses of the two at C(3) epimeric 19-acetoxy-5,6β-cyclopropane-5β-cholestane-3,19-diol 3-p-toluensulphonates afforded B-homocholest-4-en-7β, 19-diol as a product of participation of the cyclopropane ring with the electron deficient part of the molecule.
