The minor products from the oxidation of 3β,5α,6β-triacetoxycholestane using the Gif System [iron cluster–metallic zinc–pyridine–(aqueous) acetic acid–triplet oxygen] have been identified. The nature of the side-chain fragmentation to give 20-ketones has been clarified. Some mechanistic explanation has been offered for this unusual process.
D. H. R. Barton, A. K. Göktürk and K. Jankowski, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1985, 2109 DOI: 10.1039/P19850002109
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