Abstract
Radicals derived from thiohydroxamic esters 3 readily add to nitroolefins 5 (Z = NO2) to give good yields of α-nitrosulphides. These adducts, where the structure permits, are easily oxidised to carboxylic acids 8 by treatment with alkaline hydrogen peroxide. Reductive cleavage to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones 9 is efficiently carried out by the action of TiCl3. Addition of methyl magnesium iodide to the methyl ketone derived from 3α-acetoxy 11-oxo cholanic acid gives steroid 10 possessing the 25-hydroxycholesterol side chain of the vitamin D3 metabotites. Radical additions to 1-phenylthio-2-nitropropene 11 have been briefly studied.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5507-5516 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |