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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1976
Georg Anner, Basel, CH;
Adrian Marxer, Muttenz, CH;
Charles Meystre, Reinach, CH;
Hansuli Wehrli, Reinach, CH;
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Abstract
Compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, which contain a double bond in 5-position and a methyl group in 10-position, or three double bonds in the position 1,3 and 5)10), and which can contain an additional double bond in the 9(11)-position, are manufactured by a novel process, in which a 17-oxosteroid of the general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 ' represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an acyl group, and which contains double bonds and optionally a methyl group in the positions indicated above, is reacted with an organometallic compound of the formula