Previous work had shown that 2α-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one (1a) rearranged in acid solution to give the aromatic 2-methoxy-4-methyl-19-norcholesta-1,3,5(10)-triene (2). Labelling of the hydroxy-enone with carbon-13 at C-4 and use of 13C n.m.r. supports previous mechanistic proposals.
B. R. Davis, G. W. Rewcastle and P. D. Woodgate, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1978, 735 DOI: 10.1039/P19780000735
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