Examination of the stereochemistry of hydrogenolysis of steroidal C-3 substituents using H n.m.r. spectroscopy
Abstract
The hydrogenolysis of 3β-p-tolylsulphonyloxyandrost-5-en-17-one with lithium aluminium deuteride and of 3β-iodoandrost-5-en-17-one with zinc-[2H]acetic acid has been shown by 2H n.m.r. spectroscopy not to be stereospecific, contrary to earlier reports.