Piatak D M, Swenson R P
Steroids. 1984 Jan;43(1):93-100. doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(84)90061-8.
Methods for oxidations at the 6(7)- and 22(23)-double bonds in the phenyltriazoline adduct of ergosterol acetate (I) are described. KMnO4 and OsO4 were found to react with the 6(7)-double bond to yield the 6,7-glycol and osmate ester, respectively. Other reagents (I2/AgOAc, H2O2, m-chloroperbenzoic acid, HCO3H) formed either isomeric epoxides or glycols with the 22(23)-double bond, with the latter two reagents giving their products in quite high yields.