Le Pera Adolfo, Leggio Antonella, Siciliano Carlo, Di Gioia Maria L, Napoli Anna, Sindona Giovanni, Liguori Angelo
Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 15/C, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
Steroids. 2003 Feb;68(2):139-42. doi: 10.1016/s0039-128x(02)00173-3.
A facile and convenient approach to 17-ketosteroids is described. Treatment of steroids containing the C-17-dihydroxy acetone side chain with an excess of sodium methoxide in dry 1,4-dioxane under reflux, affords high yields of the corresponding 17-ketosteroids that are recovered as pure products, without the need of further purification.