STEREOCHEMICAL STUDIES: V. REARRANGEMENTS ACCOMPANYING ATTEMPTS TO EPIMERIZE 4-OXA-3-OXO-5α-CHOLESTANE AND 4-OXA-3-OXO-5β-CHOLESTANE BY BREWSTER AND KUCERA'S METHOD

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Lunn ◽  
J. T. Edward ◽  
Seymour Meyerson

Epimerization of 4-oxa-3-oxo-5α-cholestane by Brewster and Kucera's method gave only a 23% yield of the 5β-lactone; several other compounds were formed, apparently via skeletal rearrangement during hydrolysis of the tosylate. The attempted epimerization of 4-oxa-3-oxo-5β-cholestane gave mainly unsaturated acids, but no 5α-lactone (a small amount of skeletal rearrangement also occurred). Both epimers undergo rearrangement to γ-lactones when treated with trifluoroacetic acid.Mass spectra, used in conjunction with infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and other data to make structural assignments, were found to be highly sensitive to certain structural features. In particular, they can usually distinguish sharply between molecules that contain a pendant ring structure and those that do not.


1973 ◽  
Vol 28 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 741-745
Author(s):  
Horst Schlüter ◽  
Karlheinz Ballschmiter

Two isomeric 10,10-dihydro-endosulfans are isolated, and their configurations are determined by means of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.The isomerisation of the sulfurous ester ring of 10,10-dihydro-endosulfan yields a 67/33 ratio for the α/β isomers, while the endosulfan gives a 45/55 ratio.Both the 10,10-dihydro-endosulfans prove to be less easily hydrolised than endosulfan.





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