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GB888165A - Improvements in or relating to 4-methyl-3-oxo-í~-steroids - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to 4-methyl-3-oxo-í~-steroids

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GB888165A
GB888165A GB37287/58A GB3728758A GB888165A GB 888165 A GB888165 A GB 888165A GB 37287/58 A GB37287/58 A GB 37287/58A GB 3728758 A GB3728758 A GB 3728758A GB 888165 A GB888165 A GB 888165A
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methyl
hydroxy
acetoxy
dione
methylpregn
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GB37287/58A
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David Neville Kirk
Vladimir Petrow
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BDH Chemicals Ltd
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BDH Chemicals Ltd
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Priority to GB37287/58A priority Critical patent/GB888165A/en
Priority to BE584788A priority patent/BE584788A/en
Priority to CH8079159A priority patent/CH380112A/en
Priority to FR837321A priority patent/FR534M/fr
Publication of GB888165A publication Critical patent/GB888165A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07JSTEROIDS
    • C07J1/00Normal steroids containing carbon, hydrogen, halogen or oxygen, not substituted in position 17 beta by a carbon atom, e.g. estrane, androstane
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07JSTEROIDS
    • C07J75/00Processes for the preparation of steroids in general
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P20/00Technologies relating to chemical industry
    • Y02P20/50Improvements relating to the production of bulk chemicals
    • Y02P20/55Design of synthesis routes, e.g. reducing the use of auxiliary or protecting groups

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  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Steroid Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

The invention comprises (1) a process for the preparation of 4-methyl-3-oxo-D 4-steroids by reacting a 4-organo-thiomethyl-3-oxo-D 4-steroid with a reducing agent; and (2) as new steroids, 2a : 4- and 4 : 6a -dimethyltestosterones and their acyl esters; 17a -acetoxy-4 : 6a -dimethylprogesterone; 4 : 16a -dimethylprogesterone; 4-methyl-17a - acetoxy - 16 - methylene - progesterone; 4 : 17a -dimethyl-9a -fluoro-11b : 17b -dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one; 4-methyl-11a - and -11b -hydroxy - 17b - hydroxyandrost - 4 - en - 3 - ones; 4-methylandrost-4-ene-3 : 11 : 17-trione; and 11b -hydroxy-17a : 20 : 20 : 21-bis-methylenedioxy - 4 - methylpregn - 4 - en - 3 - one. The preferred reducing agent is Raney nickel, which is desirably deactivated by a preliminary heating in a ketonic solvent, the organothiomethyl steroid then being added to the resulting suspension. Alternatively, zinc dust and an alkali metal hydroxide may be used as reducing agent. Readily oxidizable hydroxy groups may be protected prior to the desulphurization reaction by esterification, and subsequently regenerated by hydrolysis; and a 17-ketol side-chain may be protected by 20-ketalization or conversion of the side-chain into the bis-methylenedioxy derivative, the protecting groups subsequently being removed. The process may be applied to any of the organothiomethyl steroids described in Specification 862,621. In examples the preparation of all the above-mentioned steroids and of 4-methyl-testosterone acetate and other esters, 4 : 17a -dimethyl-testosterone, 17a -ethyl-4-methyltestosterone, 4-methyl- and 4 : 6a -dimethylandrost-4-ene-3 : 17-diones, 4-methyl-progesterone, 4-methylpregna-4 : 9(11)-diene-3 : 20-dione, 17a -acetoxy-4-methylprogesterone and other esters, 17a : 20 : 20 : 21-bismethylenedioxy-4-methylpregna-4-ene-3 : 11-dione, 4-methyl-25D - spirost - 4 - en - 3 - one, 17b - acetoxy - 4 - methylandrosta-4 : 6-dien-3-one, 4-methyl-D-homotestosterone acetate, 4 : 6-dimethyl-androsta-4 : 6-diene-3 : 17-dione, 4-methyl-cholest-4-en-3-one, 4-methyl-stigmasta-4 : 22-dien-3-one, 4-methylergosta-4 : 7 : 22-trien-3-one, methyl 3-oxo-4-methylchol-4-en-24-oate, 4 : 7b -dimethyltestosterone acetate, 4-methyl-16a : 17a -dimethylmethylenedioxy-progesterone, 4-methypregna-4 : 11-diene-3 : 20-dione, 4-methyl- and 1 : 4-dimethyl-19-nor-testosterone acetates, 9a -fluoro-17a : 20 : 20 : 21-bis methylenedioxy-4-methylpregn-4-ene-3 : 11-dione, 4 : 14a -dimethyl-17a : 20 : 20 : 21-bismethylenedioxypregn-4-ene-3 : 11-dione, 4 : 14a -dimethylcortisone acetate, 20#x-acetoxy-4-methylpregn-4-en-3-one, 21-acetoxy-4-methylpregna-4 : 17(20)-dien-3-one, 3-oxo-4-methylpregna-4 : 17(20)-dien-21-oic acid and its ethyl ester, 14a -hydroxy-4-methylprogesterone, 17a : 20 : 20 : 21-bismethylenedioxy-4-methylpregna-4 : 14-diene-3 : 11-dione, 11b -hydroxy-4 : 11a -dimethyltestosterone-17-acetate, 20 : 20-ethylenedioxy - 4 - methylpregn - 4 - en - 3 - one, 11a - hydroxy - 4 - methyl - progesterone, 4 - methyl-pregn-4-ene-3 : 11 : 20-trione, 16a : 17b -diacetoxy-4-methylandrost-4-en-3-one, 16a : 17a -benzylidenedioxy-4-methylprogesterone, 20 : 20-ethylenedioxy - 17a - hydroxy - 4 - methylpregn - 4-en-3-one, 4 : 7 : 7-trimethylcholest-4-en-3-one and 21-acetoxy-20 : 20-ethylenedioxy-4-methylpregn-4-en-3-one by the process of the invention is described. The hydrolysis of the last named compound to the 21-hydroxy compound and then to 21-hydroxy-4-methylpregn-4-ene-3 : 20-dione. and the reacetylation of this also is described, as is the hydrolysis of many of the other acyloxy and alkylenedioxy products. 4-Phenylthiomethyltestosterone b -phenyl propionate, phenoxyacetate and p-chlorophenoxyacetate are all prepared from the free ol and the appropriate acid chloride. The Provisional Specification refers also to reduction with Raney cobalt and to the preparation of 6a -fluoro-4-methyl-testosterone acetate, 16a : 17a -dihydroxy - 4 - methyl - progesterone and 11a -acetoxy-4-methylprogesterone.
GB37287/58A 1958-11-19 1958-11-19 Improvements in or relating to 4-methyl-3-oxo-í~-steroids Expired GB888165A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB37287/58A GB888165A (en) 1958-11-19 1958-11-19 Improvements in or relating to 4-methyl-3-oxo-í~-steroids
BE584788A BE584788A (en) 1958-11-19 1959-11-18 Steroid compounds and their preparation
CH8079159A CH380112A (en) 1958-11-19 1959-11-19 Verfahren zur Herstellung von Steroidverbindungen
FR837321A FR534M (en) 1958-11-19 1960-08-31

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