Steroids. Part XVI. Long-range substituent effects on boron tri-fluoride-catalysed rearrangements of 5,6-epoxy-steroids
Abstract
Highly electronegative substituents at either C-3 or C-17 in steroidal 5,6-epoxides suppress C-5 carbonium ion rearrangements in favour of fluorohydrin formation. The 6α,9α-epoxy-1 (10 → 5)abeo-cholestane structures (37) and (38) are assigned to previously isolated compounds.