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Synthesis of 15β, 16β-methyleneprogesterone

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15β,16β-Methyleneprogesterone was produced from 15β,16β-methylene-3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one with Wittig olefination of 17-ketone by methoxymethylenetriphenylphosphorane as the key stage.

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  1. N.D.Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Russian Federation

    T. N. Galakhova, I. S. Levina, A. V. Kamernitzky & V. S. Bogdanov

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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 203–207, January, 1993.

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Galakhova, T.N., Levina, I.S., Kamernitzky, A.V. et al. Synthesis of 15β, 16β-methyleneprogesterone. Russ Chem Bull 42, 185–188 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00700006

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