Abstract Important steroid intermediate 3-carbonyl-androsterone-4-alkene-17��-acid was synthesized from DHEA by Wittig reaction,hydroboration-oxidation,Oppenauer oxidation and Jone's oxidation in total yield of 23.0%.The structures of products were identified by NMR,MS and IR.
LUO Jin-feng,ZHOU Xue-qin,LIU Dong-zhi,YANG Xiong-wen.Synthesis of 3-Carbonyl-Androsterone-4-Alkene-17��-Acid[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2007,V24(5): 401-403