Synthesis and study of a methoxyhydroperoxide–androstenedione derivative; analogue of a potential aromatase intermediate
Abstract
A methoxyhydroperoxide analogue (12) to a proposed aromatase intermediate has been synthesized by ozonolysis of methoxyvinyl compound (7) in the presence of methanol; it has been shown not to produce estrone with or without acetylation, but the free hydroperoxide apparently undergoes a facile, stereospecific intramolecular epoxidation.