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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1981
Filed:
May. 01, 1980
Hiromi Okushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichiro Fujimori, Machida, JP;
Rikizo Furuya, Yokohama, JP;
Shuzo Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An alkali metal salt of a 3-(17.beta.-hydroxyandrosten-3-one 3-acetal-17.alpha.-yl)propiolic acid which is useful as an intermediate in the preparation of 3-(3-oxo-7.alpha.-acetylthio-17.beta.-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17.alpha.-yl)-pr opiolactone (spironolactone) as antialdosteronic diuretics and hypotensive agents is prepared by reacting a 17.beta.-hydroxypregnen-20-yn-3-one 3-acetal (I) with an alkali metal dimsyl (II) to give an alkali metal salt of the 17.beta.-hydroxypregnen-20-yn-3-one 3-acetal (III), and reacting the compound (III) with carbon dioxide followed by hydrolysis.