Abstract:
NEW STEROIDS OF THE 13 - POLYCARBONALKYL-18,19-DINORPREGN-4-EN-3-ONE SERIES AND $6-DEHYDRO ANALOGS THEREOF, SUBSTITUTED AT C6 BY METHYL, CHLORO, BROMO OR FLUORO; AT C17 BY HYDROGEN, HYDROXY OR ACYLOXY, AND WHEREIN C20 IS CARBONYL, HYDROXYMETHYLENE OR ACYLOXYMETHYLENE (I) HAVE HORMONAL ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY AS PROGESTATIONAL AND ANTI-ESTROGENIC AGENTS. MEANS TO OBTAIN THEM ARE PROVIDED COMPRISING (A) HYDROGENATING THE CORRESPONDING 6-METHYLENE COMPOUND (II) TO FORM THE 6A-MEHTYL-4-EN-3-ONE (ID); (B) REARRANGING (II) WITH A WEAK BASE+PD/C TO FORM THE 6-METHYL-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE (IE); (C) CHLORINATING OR BROMINATING THE CORRESPONDING 3-ENOL ESTER (III) TO FORM THE 6-CHLORO OR BROMO-4-EN-3-ONE (IF); AND (D) EITHER (1) DEHYDROGENATING (IF) WITH CHLORANIL TO FORM THE 6CHLORO OR -BROMO-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE (IG), OR PREFERABLY, (2) REACTING THE CORRESPONDING 6A,7A-EPOXIDE (IV) WITH HC1, HBR OR HF TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING 6-CHLORO, -BROMO OR -FLUORO-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE (IH).
Abstract:
NEW STEROIDS OF THE 13B-ALKYL-17B-HYDROXYGONA-4,14DIEN-3-ONE SERIES OPTIONALLY SUBSTITUTED AT C-7 AND C-17 BY A-METHYL (I) ARE PROVIDED BY EITHER (A) ISOMERIZING A CORRESPONDING 17-HYDROXY-13B-ALKYLGONA-5(10),14-DIEN-3ONE (II) OR (B) REACTING WITH A METHYL GRIGNARD REAGENT A CORRESPONDING 17-HYDROXY-13B-ALKYLGONA-4,6,14-TRIEN-3ONE (III). MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO PREPARE THE INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS II AND III. COMPOUNDS I AND IA ARE ANDROGENICALLY-ACTIVE IN WARM-BLOOD LOWER ANIMALS.
Abstract:
2-Aroyloxazolidine 2-aroyltetrahydrooxazines and 2-( Alpha aralkanol)-oxazolidine derivatives possessing central nervous system depressant activity are prepared by condensing substituted phenyl glyoxals with 1-amino-2 alcohols or 1-amino-3- alcohols to form a ketone and subsequently alkylating the product to the tertiary alcohol.
Abstract:
THE COMPOUNDS OF THE CLASS OF 13,17-DIALKYL-18,19-DINORPREGN-4-EN-3,20-DIONES AND 13,17,21,21,21-PENTAALKYL18,19-DI-NORPREGN-4-EN-3,20-DIONES ARE PREPARED AND FOUND TO BE HORMONALLY USEFUL.