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Oxidation of Secondary Allylic Acetates wich Chromium(VI) Reagents
Glotter, Erwin,Krinsky-Feibush, Pnina,Rabinsohn, Yechiel
, p. 1769 - 1772 (2007/10/02)
Steroidal allylic acetates which can form strongly resonance stabilized allylic cations are oxidized smoothly by chromic acid in acidic medium to the corresponding αβ-unsaturated ketones.Axial acetates are more reactive than the equatorial counterparts.Oxidation of the quasi axial 3α-acetoxycholest-4-ene is 2.7 times faster than that of the quasi equatorial 3β-acetoxycholest-4-ene.The difference is very sharp when the allylic system is in ring B which has less conformational flexibility than ring A.Thus, 3β,6β-diacetoxy-5α-cholest-7-ene is oxidized smoothly to the corresponding 7-en-6-one, whereas the stereoisomeric 3β,6α-diacetoxy-5α-cholest-7-ene remains unchanged.A similar difference was observed with α-substituted cyclopropanes such as 6β-acetoxy-3α-5-cyclo-5α-cholestane and 6α-acetoxy-3α,5-cyclo-5α-cholestane.