Synthesis of a bay-region trifluoromethyl analogue of a potent polycyclic aromatic carcinogen
Abstract
15,16-Dihydro-11-trifluoromethylcyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-one 7, an electronegative analogue of the strongly carcinogenic 11-methyl-17-ketone, is synthesised in three steps from 17,17-ethylenedioxy-11,12,13,14,15,16-hexahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-11-one 3.