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Starting from ergosterol, the synthesis of the brassinosteroid 24-epiteasterone has been achieved by the use of a new scheme for introducing a 3β-hydroxy-6-keto group as the result of the Birch reduction of the corresponding 5α-hydroxy-δ7-3,6-dione.
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Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 224–227, March–April, 1992.
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Kovganko, N.V., Ananich, S.K. Synthesis of 24-epiteasterone. Chem Nat Compd 28, 192–195 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00630173
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00630173