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DOI: 10.1039/A904215F (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Res. (S), 1999, 594-595

The Oxidation of Some Steroidal Dienes and Trienes with Chromic Acid

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James R. Hanson and Ismail Kiran

Abstract

The chromic acid oxidation of steroidal 2,4- and 3,5-dienes and 2,4,6-trienes is shown to take place at the secondary termini of the alkenes rather than at the allylic positions and is rationalized in terms of a sequence of 1:4-additions of chromic acid.

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