3 H-N.m.r. spectroscopic studies of the steric course of the Δ1-dehydrogenation of testosterone show a highly stereospecific microbial 1α,2β-trans elimination, in contrast to the corresponding chemical transformation by DDQ, in which both cis- and trans-elimination processes occur.
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