An effective method of dehydrating 9_-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione by mineral acids in organic solvents, producing essentially quantitative formation of androsta-4,9(11)-diene-3,17-dione is proposed. Quantitative isomerization of the side product androsta-4,8(9)-diene-3,17-dione to target product was shown to be pssible.
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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 50 – 53, July, 2017.
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Savinova, T.S., Kazantsev, A.V., Huy, L.D. et al. Dehydration of 9a-Hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-Dione in Organic Solvents. Pharm Chem J 51, 612–615 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-017-1662-8
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