Issue 12, 1977

Pyridine-induced shifts in the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 20-hydroxypregnane derivatives

Abstract

Solutions of compounds of the pregnane-3,20-diol, -3,16α,20-triol, and -3,17α,20-triol series in [2H]chloroform and in [2H5]pyridine show 1H n.m.r. spectral differences which can be used to assign configurations at C-20. The C-18 protons exhibit a chemical shift difference [Δ=δ(C5D5N)–δ(CDCI3)] which is greater for the pregnan-20β-ols than for the -20α-ols; the reverse is generally true of the C-21 proton signal, except when a 16α-hydroxy-group is present. The main features of the pyridine-induced shifts are rationalised in terms of the preferred conformations of 20α- and 20β-hydroxypregnanes, and of the OH ⋯ py hydrogen-bonded complexes.

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 1390-1395

Pyridine-induced shifts in the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 20-hydroxypregnane derivatives

G. Cooley, D. N. Kirk, R. E. Morgan and M. L. S. e Melo, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 1390 DOI: 10.1039/P19770001390

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