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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
David L. Burgoyne, Delta, CA;
Gueijun Ji, Richmond, CA (US);
Eugene W. Kelleher, Arlington, MA (US);
Nicholas D. Paschalides, Roslindale, MA (US);
Kishore Ramachandran, Burlington, MA (US);
Yaping Shen, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Yuanlin Zhou, Richmond, CA;
Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Richmond, CA;
Abstract
Steroids containing a cyclohexene moiety are efficiently oxidized to the corresponding &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketone using copper iodide and t-butyl hydroperoxide. A steroid compound containing the &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketone structure is efficiently converted to the corresponding vicinal diol using a hydroborating reagent followed by oxidative workup, e.g., borane followed by sodium perborate. Benzoyl and substituted benzoyls are superior protecting groups for hydroxyl groups present in the compounds.