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- The study investigated the acetoxylation of androst-5-en-17-one, producing several acetoxy derivatives, with 4 beta-acetoxy derivative 2 as the main product.
- The formation of 6-acetoxy compounds was suggested to occur via a competing pathway that involves a bridged carbonium ion intermediate.
- Oxidation of related allylic alcohols resulted in different product mixtures depending on the reagents used, demonstrating distinct reactivity patterns.
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Allylic acetoxylation of androst-5-en-17-one (1) with bromine and silver acetate gave 6 alpha- and 6 beta-acetoxyandrost-4-en-17-ones [4 (3%) and 5 (12%)] and 5 alpha-bromo-6 beta-acetoxy steroid 8 (4%) along with the expected product 4 beta-acetoxy derivative 2 (45%). Treatment of 5 alpha,6 beta-bromide 12, an intermediate of the acetoxylation reaction, with silver acetate also produced the acetates 2, 4, 5, and 8 in relative yields similar to those above. These results indicate that the 6-acetates 4 and 5 are produced through a competing pathway involving formation of a bridged carbonium ion 13 followed by attack of an acetate anion. Oxidation of the axial allylic alcohol, 5-en-4 beta-ol 3, with Jones reagent yielded no trace of the previously reported androst-5-ene-4,17-dione (18) but instead gave a 1:4 mixture of 5 beta,6 beta-epoxy-4-one 16 and 4 beta,5 beta-epoxy-6-one 17 in high yield. In contrast, a 1:4 mixture of androst-4-ene-6,17-dione (10) and compound 18 was obtained upon treatment with chromium trioxide in pyridine. Similar results were also found with the oxidation of another axial allylic alcohol, 4-en-6 beta-ol 7.
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