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Alpha -nitro-cinnamic acid derivatives which are useful in preparing phenylalanines, and a process for obtaining the derivatives by treating the corresponding cinnamic acid esters with nitric oxide or nitrogen dioxide.
Abstract:
A process for converting 17 Alpha -vinyl-17 Beta -hydroxy steroids to 17-(2-haloethylidene)-steroids, known intermediates for antifungal and progestational agents, by treating the 17 Alpha -vinyl-17 Beta -hydroxy steroids with vanadium tetrahalide.
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METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,3,3A,4,5,7,8,9,9AB,9BADECAHYDRO - 3AB-PRIMARY LOWER ALKYL-7-OXO-1H-BENZ(E) INDENES AND 4,4AB,4BA,5,6,7,8,8A,9,10-DECAHYDRO-8AB-PRIMARY LOWER ALKYL - 3H-PHENANTHREN-2-ONES BY CYCLIZING COMPOUNDS OF THE FORMULA WHERE R1 IS HYDROGEN OR LOWER ALKYL; Z'' IS CARBONYL OR CH(OR2''); R2'' IS HYDROGEN, LOWER AKYL, LOWER ALKANOYL, BENZOYL, NITROBENZOYL, CARBOXY-LOWER ALKANOYL, CARBOXYBENZOYL, TRIFLUOROACETYL OR CAMPHORSULFONYL; T'' IS -C(X'')=CH-, -C(OR3)=CH- OR -Q''-CH2-; R3 IS LOWER ALKYL; X'' IS BROMINE, CHLORINE OR IODINE; Q'' IS CARBONYL, LOWER ALKYLENE DIOXY-METHYLENE, DI-(LOWER ALKOXY)-METHYLENE OR HYDROXY-METHYLENE, R4 IS LOWER PRIMARY ALKYL AND M IS AN INTEGER HAVING A VALUE OF 1 OR 2. THE COMPOUNDS OF THIS SERIES ARE USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF KNOWN STEROIDS WHICH ARE PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AS FERTILITY CONTROL AGENTS.