Abstract:
2''-SUBSTITUTED ALKALOIDS OF THE CINCHONA SERIES, ESPECIALLY 2''-SUBSTITUTED QUININE, QUINIDINE, CINCHONIE, CINCHONIDINE AND DIHYDRO ANALOGS OF FORMULAS I AND II, AND THEIR SALTS, ARE PREPARED BY TREATING AR-N-OXIDES OF THE ALKALOIDS WITH THE CORRESPONDING ORGANOMETALLIC REAGENT AND, IF DESIRED, CONVERTING THE FREE BASES THUS FORMED INTO PHARMACEUTICALLY-ACCEPTABLE ACID-ADDITION SALTS. THE NEW COMPOUNDS ARE PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY ANTIMALARIALLY AND ANTI-ARRHYTHMICALLY.
Abstract:
STEROIDS WITH $-1,4 A RINGS UNSUBSTITUTED IN THE 3-POSITION (I) AND HAVING ADRENOCORTICAL, PROGESTATIONAL, ANDROGENIC AND ANABOLIC ACTIVITY ARE PROVIDED BY REDUCING STEROIDAL $1,4-3-OLS (II) OR-ACYLATES (III). COMPOUNDS (II) ARE PROVIDED BY REDUCING STEROIDAL $1,4-3-ONES (IV) WITH ALUMINUM HYDRIDE IN THE COLD. COMPOUNDS (I) ALSO ARE PROVIDED BY REDUCING COMPOUNDS (IV) WITH WARM ALUMINUM HYDRIDE AND SEPARATING THEM FROM 1,3- AND 2,4DIENE BYPRODUCTS BY SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF THE BYPRODUCTS WITH LITHIUM IN AMMONIA.