Affiliation:
1. The School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, The University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9QJ, UK
Abstract
Unlike other acidic systems, the tetracyanoethylene catalysed methanolysis of androstane 2,3-epoxides proceeds normally without giving products arising from the transannular participation of a 5α,6α-epoxide, a 5α-hydroxy group or a 5(6)-ene.