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Reaction of 3-oxotriterpenoids and steroids with acrylonitrile in the presence of BnEt3NCl and 30% KOH in dioxane proceeds with the formation of 2,2-biscyanoethyl derivatives substituted in the α-position to 3-oxo group. In the presence of several α-hydrogen atoms at the 3-oxo group the reaction of cyanoethylation involved the positions C4 and C5, leading to 2,2,5-tricyanoethyl and 2,4-dicyanoethyl derivatives. The cyanoethylation of tetracyclic compounds occurred with the formation of monocyanoethyl derivatives with an overall increase in the yield.
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Original Russian Text © E.F. Khusnutdinova, А.V. Petrova, А.I. Poptsov, А.N. Lobov, I.E. Smirnova, О.S. Kukovinets, 2017, published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 1181–1188.
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Khusnutdinova, E.F., Petrova, А.V., Poptsov, А.I. et al. Synthesis of new cyanoethyl derivatives from 3-oxotriterpenoids. Russ J Org Chem 53, 1195–1203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070428017080073
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