title: A practical and facile route for the preparation of 18-norandrostan-17-ones from androstan-17-ones using SmI(2)-promoted cyclization and dehydroxylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Covey
mesh_terms: D000731:Androstanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009635:Norandrostanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000731:Androstanes; D009635:Norandrostanes; C018454:androstan-17-one