Date 37.. A" ' _‘..- Elfin—J: :33: Li :1: :t- P Y ”" Michigan Sate .. .3; . ’ XL. )g‘Umvem y This is to certify that the thesis entitled Synthesis and Lithium Ammonia Reduction of Homoconjugated Dienedione Systems in Steroids presented by Hans R. Taneja has been accepted towards fulfillment of the requirements for Ph.D. degree in Chemistry Was/74w Major professor September 2, 1977 0-7 639 0! I‘l“ II} 1| I. 1" ‘3'. U SYNTHESIS AND LITHIUM-AMMONIA REDUCTION OF HOMOCONJUGATED DIENEDIONE SYSTEMS IN STEROIDS by Hans R. Taneja A DISSERTATION Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Chemistry 1977 ABSTRACT SYNTHESIS AND LITHIUM-AMMONIA REDUCTION OF HOMOCONJUGATED DIENEDIONE SYSTEMS IN STEROIDS BY Hans R. Taneja The synthesis of dienedione g, which is a bis-vinylog of cyclohexan-l,3-dione, was achieved by two slightly dif- ferent methods starting from 7-deoxycholic acid’l. Attempts to oxidize the two hydroxy groups in 1 follow- ed by a-bromination at the 4- and ll-positions simultaneously resulted in the formation of tetrabromideig’which on dehydro- bromination gave 2-bromo trienedione i; Hans R. Taneja A stepwise introduction of 9,11- and 4,5-double bonds was a logical alternative. Selective protection of the 3-hydroxy function as a carbonate ester was followed by oxidation of the lZ-hydroxy group and bromination of the d-methylene group at C-ll. Dehydrobromination of the result- ing bromoketone §,gave enone g. Hans R. Taneja Hydrolysis of the 3-carbonate functions in Q’and 2’ followed by oxidation and d-bromination with N-bromoaceta acetamide in aqueous acid gave bromo steroids 1 and g respectively. 8 N 2x) Dehydrobromination of”; or EIyielded dienedione inn moderate yields. Lithium and ammonia reduction of 2’pro— duced the expected cyclopropane 2; DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to the following: Madhu, my wife, whose love and encouragement has made these years good and worthwhile; My parents, brothers and sisters whose love, under- standing and moral support over the years have made this opportunity possible. ii ACKN OWLE DGEMENT The author is deeply greateful to Professor William H. Reusch for his guidance, for his vigorous intellectual example and his willingness to listen and to make suggestions during this endeavor. Appreciation is also extended to my friends and col- leagues for stimulating and informative discussions, and for their friendship and humor. Finally, the author would like to thank the National Institute of Health and Michigan State University for finnancial support. iii The chemist who can extract from his Heart's element compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise and forgiveness and come pound them into one, can create that atom which is called Love. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 EXPERIMENTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 General . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Preparation of methyl 3,12-diketocholanate $1 . 30 Preparation of methyl 2- bromo-3. 12- diketo- 1 -cholatrienate 33 . . . . . . . . . 31 Oxidation and.d-bromination of methyl deoxycholateJE'. . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Preparation of methyl 3,12-diketon-A3- cholenate gg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Preparation of methyl 3 -ethoxycarbonyloxy, 12— ketocholanate 37 . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Preparation9 of 11methyl 3 -ethoxycarbonyloxy, lZ-keto-A9( —cholenate 3} .. . . . . . . . . 34 Bromination of methyl 3 -ethoxycarbonyloxy, 12-ketocholante 57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Epimerization of 11 -bromoketone g; to 11- bromoketone 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Zinc and acetic acid debromination of 11 -bromoketone 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Zinc and acetic acidadebromination of 11 -bromoketone 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Dehydrobromination of 11 -bromoketo e $1 . . . 37 Preparation of methyl 3, 12— —diket01§9 - cholenate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Pre aration 0 methyl 3-ethoxycarbonyloxy- 1-cholenate 4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Addition of hypobromons acid to alkene 41 . . . 41 Preparation of 1L1,12x-epoxide 50 . . . . . . . 43 Preparation of bromohydrin éi. . . 43 Oxidation andobbromination o bromohydrin ;2. . 44 PrepaiaEioE)of methyl 3,12- diketo, -cholanate ép . . . 45 Homogeneous catalytic reduction ofiifi. 1 . 46 Preparation of methyl 3,12-diketo-A 9 ( 15- choladienate éfi . . . . . . . . 47 Lithium and ammonia reduction of A4'9(11)- diene-3,12-dione éé . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Page REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 APPENDIX: SPECTRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 vi Figure 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared Infrared LIST spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum Spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum Spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum OF of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of vii FIGURES $3 5: $3 53 53 533’ .5 N 0 SS 53 33 SSS $53 0 O O O 533 U1 H Isssmssxases Page 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 7O 71 72 73 74 Figure 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Pmr Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum of spectrum of spectrum of spectrum of spectrum of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of O H. 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LA) 00 asses (.0 (I) 3. .5 l—‘ 3 sh N O S b w o S A U1 5 b m o 3;: s; s; 5;; es s33; U'l U1 0 0 25:25:53; 5s 53 St: 5:." .h H 5 viii Page 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 Figure 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass Mass Mas S Mass spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum spectrum of of of of of of of of of of 5'53 .5 U1 $3535 .5 m 0 ix “3353333583535 Page 88 89 89 90 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 INTRODUCTION Reduction of unsaturated carbonyl compounds by alkali metals in ammonia solutions generates reactive nucleophilic intermediates which are capable of intra- and inter-molecular attack on electrophilic centers.1 This was first observed during lithium and ammonia reduction of 10-hydroxymethyl- 1,9 A ,2-octalone tosylate l,bY Stork and co-workers.2 In fact, even relatively reactive compounds such as cyclo- propanols3 have been prepared by this kind of transformation. It was recognized that cyclopropane ring formation during dissolving metal reductions of bi- and polyfunctional com- pounds is probably a general phenomena. This concept has been applied to the synthesis of vic.- cyclopropanediols.4 Reduction of 2,2,4,4,6,6-hexamethy1 cyclohexane-l,3,5-trione ‘g,with lithium in liquid ammonia produced the corresponding cyclopropanediol 4. A logical extension of this work would be to apply this con- cept to vinylogs of 1,3-diketones. To this end, Wieland- Miescher ketone §,was subjected to reduction with lithium in liquid ammonia and gave the cyclopropanol 6,5 O H 7 CC -+ 9 o O [:?::[:::]§O 2 ,5. 5 Eight alkyl-substituted derivatives of Wieland-Miescher ketone g’were prepared and subjected to lithium and ammonia reduction with similar results.6 Other tri-functional com- pounds examined were the steroids 9,lla- and B-oxido methyl testosterones 19 and 7b, which upon lithium in ammonia reduction did not yield the expected products 8; and 89, but gave only the saturatedscompounds 93 and 29.7 a b=B b=B b=B A further extension of this work would be to apply this concept to bis-vinylogs of 1,3-diketones, such as the Wieland-Miescher ketone derivative 19 or the steroid 11. On lithium and ammonia reduction these compounds would be expected to give the cyclopropanes I; and 13 respectively. All attempts to introduce an unsaturated carbonyl func- tion at C-7 in Wieland-Miescher ketone met with no success,8 probably due to the steric hinderance offered by the C-6 angular methyl group. A major part of this thesis is, therefore, devoted to work leading to the synthesis of steroid 11, since no steroid having the functionality shown in formula 11 has been reported in the literature. The 5,9-cyclosteroid lg, representative of the cycloreduc- tion product expected from 11, has been isolated by DJLR. Barton et a1.9 during the chromous acetate reduction of 9a-bromo,llB-hydroxy-progesterone 14. The synthesis of conjugated enone systems in steroids is usually accomplished by one of two fundamentally different strategies: 1) A double bond is introduced adjacent to an existing carbonyl function. 2) An existing double bond is oxidized at an allylic site. Some of the methods available for introducing double bonds adjacent to carbonyl functions are: a)l 9e,--¢- o cn3cnzoflof However compound 28 obtained in this way was contamin- ated with the saturated keto steroid 31, and this mixture could not be separated by fractional crystallization from ten different solvents and solvent mixtures. Furthermore, preparative thin layer chromatography, column chromatography (silica gel and alumina) and high pressure liquid chroma- tography (silica gel and C-18 reverse phase columns) failed to resolve the mixture, as indicated by Pmr, infra-red and mass spectroscopy. Efforts to separate this sharp melting mixture (mp 163-4°) of saturated and a,B-unsaturated keto steroids in subsequent steps of the synthesis also met with no success. Seebeck and Reichstein27 have reported that 9(11) 3a-hydroxy, lZ-keto-A -cholenic acid does not depress 13 the melting point of 3a-hydroxy,lZ-keto-cholanic acid and that the melting point of a mixture of the methyl esters of these two acids is not depressed below that of the lower melting component. Likewise, E. C. Kendall and co-workers26 were unable to separate a mixture of 3d-hydroxy,12-keto- 9(LU-cholanic acid cholanic acid and 3d-hydroxy,12-keto,A by crystallization. A similar lack of mixture melting point depression was noted in the case of methyl 3a-ethoxycarbonyl- oxy,12-keto cholonate (mp 158-9°) and methyl 3a-ethoxy- carbonyloxy,12-keto,A9(11) -cholenate (mp 167-8°), made in another reaction sequence discussed later. A second approach involving the a-bromination of 12-keto steroid 31 followed by dehydrobromination gave excellent results. Bromination in the presence of boron 21 in glacial acetic acid solution pro- trifluoride etherate duced 3-ethoxycarbonyloxy,ll-bromo,12-keto cholanic acid in nearly quantitative yield (Equation 5). The product was, however, found to be an epimeric mixture of lh:-bromo, 12-keto steroid 33 (95%) and llB-bromo,12-keto steroid 49 (5%). The corresponding methyl esters 4; and 43,were separated easily by fractional crystallization, with melting points of 97-8° and l72-3° and optical rotations of 46.6° and 36.3° (C = .85, CHZClZ) respectively. Mass spectra of 41 and 43 did not show parent ions (P), the fragment ion (P-Br) being the highest mass fragment in the spectrum. 14 (5) COZR 37 R = H, ll-Br = a ’\-’ 0 \‘ , R = H, 11.81. = B cn3cazoflo‘ R = CH3,ll-Br = a R = CH3,11-Br = 8 Infrared spectrosc0py played a key role in establishing the configurations of the two epimeric ll-bromo,12-keto steroids; the carbonyl stretching frequencies being 1735 cm—1 and 1710 cm-1 respectively. Jones and co-workers28 have reported that an a-halogen atom having an axial orientation to the carbonyl group causes only a slight displacement in the loca- tion of the carbonyl stretching frequency, but an equitori- ally oriented bromine atom shifts the carbonyl stretching frequency to a higher value by about 20 cm-l. This clearly indicated that the lower melting isomer (smax 1735 cm-1) had configuration 1; and the higher melting isomer (3fiax 1710 cm-1) configuration 43. The llB-bromo,12-keto steroid 4; underwent a facile epimerization to llcx-bromo,12-keto steroid gl'in the presence of hydrobromic acid21. This isomerization probably proceeds by an enolization of the bromoketone in which the stereoelectronic effects favoring axial hydrogen loss is accommodated by bending of ring C. Thus an apparently equatorial hydrogen atom becomes pseudo- axial in the flexible or boat configuration of ring C (Scheme I). 15 Scheme I a-isomer Enolization B-isomer Debromination of the Ila-bromo,12-keto steroid 41 or its B-isomer 43, by refluxing with zinc dust and glacial acetic acid29 yielded the lZ-ketosteroid 3] in each case, confirm- ing that 41 and 42 are epimeric ll-bromo,12-keto steroids. An attempt to eliminate hydrogen bromide from lla-bromo, 12-keto steroid 4} by refluxing with methanolic potassium hydroxide gave an unidentified acidic substance that was clearly not the desired enone 33. The product, however, showed a parent ion at m/e 406 in its mass spectrum, and on treatment with diazomethane gave a substance with a parent ion at m/e 420, indicating the presence of only one carbonyl group. These facts suggest that in addition to the hydroly- sis of the 3-carbonate ester and 24-methyl ester groups, an S 2 substitution of the 11-bromo group by hydroxide ion N might have taken place, giving ll-hydroxy,12-keto deoxy- cholic acid (m.w. 406). However, the hydrolysis 16 of lla-bromo,12-keto steroid 33 with methanolic potassium hydroxide at room temperature gave 3a-hydroxy,lla-bromo, 12-keto deoxycholic acid. Reaction of lla—bromo,12—keto steroid 31 with 1,5- diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-5-ene (DBU) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)30 at room temperature was monitored by thin layer chromatography. In two weeks, only partial conversion to enone 33 had occurred, but in six weeks, conversion was com- plete. Fortunately, a more effective dehydrobromination procedure was found. Thus treatment of lla-bromo,12-keto steroid 33 with a refluxing solution of lithium carbonate in dimethylformamide22 gave enone 33 in almost quantitative yield in 5.5 hours. A two step conversion of saturated ke- tone 3} to enone 33 by bromination with boron trifluoride etherate and dehydrobromination with dimethylformamide and lithium carbonate was thereby achieved in very high yield (>95%) . As expected, enone 33 gave 12-keto,A9(ll)-deoxycholenic acid 33,0n hydrolysis with methanolic potassium hydroxide. The Pmr spectra of 53’showed a two proton signal at 66.5. Since the signal disappeared on treatment with D20, it is probably the result of a fast exchange between the 3-hydroxy and the 24-carboxyl protons. Addition of freshly prepared diazomethane to a suspension of carboxylic acid 33,1n ether gave the corresponding ester 34, which was oxidized to 17 A9(11) methyl 3,12-diketo, -deoxycholenate’15 with Jones reagent20 (Equation 6). (6) 0 O a u—I’ —-'> Ho" 0 45 33' R = a t~/ 44 R = CH3 ~ Although the bromination-dehydrobromination sequence 9(11) from 3] is undoubtedly the best route to the A -ene-12- one functionality, another approach that was studied at the same time merits discussion because of its unusual chemistry. This procedure was based on a brief report in the patent 31 literature that aquous hypobromous acid converted ll-dehy- 9(11)-ene-12-ol derivative. Such 9(11) droprogesterone to its A an enol could, of course, be oxidized to A -ene-12-one steroid by any of several oxidizing agents. Since hypo- bromous acid normally adds to carbon-carbon double bonds to give bromohydrins, and since in the case of All-steroids the major bromohydrin is presumed to have the llB-hydroxy-12a- bromo configuration (structure 39) , the report raised several 18 questions that this study has tried to answer. Initial efforts to prepare the A11 -steroid 47 by phos- N phorous oxychloride dehydration32 of alcohol 33 proceeded in poor yield (<50%). Consequently, a stepwise reaction sequence that involved formation of a methanesulfonate 33 from alcohol 3§, followed by thermolytic elimination of methanesulfonic acid33 was developed, and gave excellent yields (>908 for two steps) of the desired alkene 31 (Equation 7). (7) Addition of aquous hypobromous acid to 31 gave the reported enol 33 (458) along with bromohydrin 33 (39%), the mixture being easily separable by thin layer chromatography (Equation 8). l9 (8) CH 3 Since enol 3§,was converted to enoneJ33 upon Jones oxidation, the structure of this product is unquestioned. It remained to be determined whether the assignment of configuration 33 to the bromohydrin product is correct, and whether this product is an intermediate in the formation of enol 33. Early studies of hypobromous acid addition to All-steroids by Reichstein and co-workers34 concluded that ll-hydroxy, 12-bromo steroids were the major products, but noted that lZ-hydroxy,9,ll-dibromo compounds were by products. The stereochemistry of the bromohydrin was incorrectly assigned by Reichstein and was later corrected by Fieser3S in his monograph "Steroids". Configuration 3; would in fact be predicted by application of the Ffirst-Plattner rule36 to the addition of hypobromous acid to 52, According to this rule, 20 addition reactions to double bonds which proceed through three-membered cyclic intermediates preferentially give trans-diaxial product537. Formation of.a bromonium ion intermediate from 32 would undoubtedly occur at the less hindered a-face of the double bond. This bromonium ion (Scheme II) would then suffer diaxial ring opening only if a nucleophile such as water (or hydroxide) attacked C-ll from the B-side. The result of this reaction would be bromohydrinlgg. Scheme II Ho N t. Br . 33., It is interesting to note that the anti-coplanar transition states that lead to trans-diaxial products are preferred even though severe steric hinderance may be present (as in this case). The Pmr spectrum of bromohydrin 33,agrees with the predicted structure. It is informative to compare bromohydrin 32 with the isomer/31 obtained from epoxide 39 by addition of hydro- bromic acidzg. Epoxide 39 is prepared from alkene 47 by reaction with a peracid38 (Equation 9). 21 (9) - I Vs 0 \ H 3 CH CH 030°“ 3 2 50 51 Bromohydrin 3;,was clearly different from bromohydrin 53,as indicated by thin layer chromatography and Pmr spectra. Bromohydrin 33 on oxidation with chromium trioxide in glacial acetic acid29 gave the llB-bromo,12-keto steroid 33, which on debromination with zinc dust and glacial acetic acid29 gave lZ-keto steroid 31. Oxidation of bromohydrin 33,under similar conditions gave the lZ-bromo,11-keto steroid 33, which on debromination gave ll-keto steroid 33 (Equation 10), 39 as reported by Archer gt 3;. (10) ”V S c He ‘ H3CH20CO 52 53 22 Bromohydrin 33 remained unchanged on treatment with aqueous hypobromous acid or aqueous bicarbonate.4o Surpris- ingly, it did not form an epoxide even on heating with sodium hydroxide solution. All these observations indicated that enol fig and bromohydrin A; were being formed by two different reaction paths from the alkene 33. Once it was recognized that enol 33 was a major product from the reaction of 42 with hypobromous acid, it was possible to modify the reaction conditions so as to give enone 38, directly. Treatment of the alkene 37/ with aqueous perchloric acid and N-bromoacetamide in dark40 gave a mixture of the enone 33 and bromohydrin 33, The enone 33 was fractionally crystallized from acetone in moderate yield ( 40%). Having independently synthesized the two enedione sys- tems 3g and 3;, the next step was to put the procedures together to get the dienedionelgg. This proved to be 23 unexpectedly difficult. Efforts to brominate the 11- and 4-positions in 33 and fié’respectively met with no success4o. Reactions of 33 and 33 with pyrolidone-2 hydrotribromide (PHT)41 proceeded very poorly and also 33 and AEIremained largely unchanged on refluxing with ethyl acetate and cupric bromide42. Reaction of £3 with phenyl selenium halides followed by oxidative elimination12 proceeded very poorly and most of the starting material (79%) was recovered un- changed from the reaction mixture. Treatment of the enedione 33 with selenium dioxide in 1’4'9(11)-cholat- t-amyl alcohol43 gave methyl 3,12-diketo,A rinate 39. Surprisingly, 39 was resistant to reduction by Wilkinson's catalyst (tris triphenyl chlororhodium) and hydrogen in contrast to the facile and selective reduction of the Al-double bond reported for cholesta-1,4-diene-3- one44 under similar conditions. Even more unexpected was the finding that a 1:1 mixture of tristriphenyl chlororho- dium and cyclooctene rhodium complex catalyzed the reduction 1 4 45 of both A- and A -double bonds , reforming enedione 33. These reactions were repeated several times with identical results (Equation 11). (ll) .45 ' 24 Efforts to simultaneously oxidize and a-brominate 9(11) methyl 3a-hydroxy,12-keto,A -cholenate’33 by treatment with hydrobromic acid and an excess of N-bromoacetamide23 produced a mixture of two compounds. One of them.was estab- lished to be the expected product/37. And the other product, whose structure was not established, appeared to have added a mole of hypobromous acid across the 9,11-double bond of ‘33 in addition to oxidation and bromination in ring A. This was indicated by Pmr, infra red and mass spectra of the compound. However, addition of exactly two equivalents of N-bromoacetamide and hydrobromic acid tolfifi gave only 33, which on dehydrobromination with a refluxing solution of lithium carbonate in anhydrous dimethylformamide22 gave dienedione 55 (Equation 12). A/ (12) =r 57 /\../ Another approach involved oxidation and d-bromination of methyl 3a-hydroxy, lla-bromo,12-keto cholanate 33, which was obtained by hydrolysis of methyl 3a-ethoxycarbonyloxy, lla-bromo,12-keto cholanate 31 with a 2.5% methanolic potassium hydroxide solution followed by esterification with 25 diazomethane. Steroid 33 on treatment with two equivalents of N-bromoacetamide and hydrobromic acid gave dibromide 33, which on bis dehydrobromination with lithium carbonate and dimethylformamide22 gave dienedione 33'(Equation 13). (13) 4,9(11) Synthesis of methyl 3,12-diketo,A -choladienate ‘33by two different approaches had achieved the first goal of this research. The next step would be to subject A4'9(11)-dien-3,12-dione 33 to lithium and ammonia reduction and see if the two ring A and ring C enone systems behave independently or 33 behaves as a bis-vinylog of cyclohexane- 1,3-dione. Lithium and ammonia reduction of diendioneygg gave a product that could not be purified by either crystallization or chromatography (silica gel or alumina). Further work needs to be done for characterization of the product. However, the initial examination of the spectral data on the 26 crude product indicated that 35 behaved as a bis-vinylog of cyclohexan-l,3-dione. In addition, the C24-ester seemed to have been reduced to the corresponding alcohol. The product was tentatively assigned the structure/39. 55 —> "\.t EXPERIMENTAL General Except as indicated, all reactions were conducted under dry nitrogen or Argon, using solvents purified by distilla- tion from suitable drying agents. Magnetic stirring devices were used for most small scale reactions and mechanical stirrers for large scale reactions and lithium and ammonia reduction. Organic extracts were generally dried over anhy- drous magnesium sulfate, before being concentrated, unless otherwise specified. The progress of most reactions was followed by thin layer chromatography (Tlc) using 30% sul- furic acid as spray reagent and subsequent heating or ultra- violet (UV) light. Preparative Tlc was carried out on a 2 mm silica gel F-254 adsorbent on 20x20 cm glass plates. Visualization of preparative Tlc was effected by UV light. Melting points were determined on either a Hoover-Thomas apparatus (capil- lary tube) or on a Reichert hot-stage microscope and are uncorrected. Infrared (ir) spectra were recorded on a Perkin-Elmer 237B grating spectrophotometer. Proton magnetic resonance Pmr) spectra were taken in deuterochloroform (CDC13) or carbon tetrachloride (CC14) solutions with a 27 28 Varian T-60 or Bruker SpectrOSpin (180 MHz) spectrometers and are calibrated in parts per million (6) downfield from tetramethylsilane (Tms) as an internal standard. Ultraviolet spectra were recorded on a unicam SP-800 spectrophotometer. Mass spectra (ms) were obtained with a Hitachi RMU 6 or LKB 9000 mass spectrometers. Optical rotations were measur- ed with a Perkin-Elmer 141 Polarimeter using methylene chloride solutions with concentrations of 8-10 mg/ml. Microanalysis were performed by Spang Microanalytical Labs, Ann Arbor, Michigan. General procedure for oxidation with Jone's reagent To a solution of the compound in acetone kept in a water bath at 30-35°, a solution of 8 N chromium trioxide-sulfuric in acid (8 N Cro -HZSO4), made by dissolving 26.72 g Cro 3 3 23 m1 concentrated H SO and diluting to 100 ml with dis- 2 4 tilled water, was added dropwise until yellow color persisted. Excess of Jone's reagent was destroyed by dropwise addition of methanol. After concentrating the green solution in vacuo, water was added and the precipitated product filtered and air dried. General procedure for esterification with diazomethane on .001 M scale In a 500 m1 round bottom flask with side arm condenser kept in an ice bath was added N,N'-dinitroso-N,N'—dimethyl 29 terephthalamide (0.3 g, Dupont EXR-lOl), 7.5 ml of 30% sodium hydroxide solution, 2 ml of diethylene glycol mono- ethyl ether and 25 ml of diethyl ether.. Ice bath was re- moved, the reaction flask was heated carefully on a steam bath and a solution of diazomethane in ether was condensed over a solution or slurry of the carboxylic acid using water condenser. The reaction mixture was stirred in a hood for 1-4 hour period and then the ether removed. Excess of diazo- methane precursor was destroyed by dropwise addition of acetic acid. General procedure for bromination of keto steroids using BF3catalyst To a solution of the keto steroid in glacial acetic acid under Argon, bromine was added dropwise followed by addition of boron trifluoride etherate. The reaction mix- ture was stirred at room temperature for five days, diluted with water and sufficient sodium bisulfite was added to destroy excess bromine. The precipitated product was fil- tered, washed with water and air dried. General procedure for oxidation and o-bromination of hydroxy steroids The starting material was dissolved in t-butyl alcohol by heating on a steam bath. To this solution at room temperature, were added 2-3 ml of water, 48% hydrobromic acid and N-bromoacetamide. After stirring at room 30 temperature for 43 hr, a 5% sodium sulfite solution was added to the reaction mixture to destroy excess NBA and extracted with ether. The ether extract was washed sequen- tially with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of the solvents gave the crude product. General procedure for dehydrobromination of d—bromo ketones with lithium carbon- ate afia dimethylformamide The a-bromo keto steroid was added to a suspension of lithium carbonate in dimethylformamide under Argon. The reaction mixture was heated in an oil bath at l60-70° for 5.5 hr using an air condenser. The suspension was cooled, diluted with ether and lithium carbonate was neutralized by dropwise addition of 6 N hydrochloric acid. Water was added and the two layers separated. The ether layer was successively washed with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of ether gave the crude product. Preparation of Methyl 3,12-diketocholanate 31 A solution of 10 g (.0254 M) of deoxycholic acid 33 in 100 ml of methanol containing 1 ml of 37% hydrocholric acid was refluxed for 45 min. and then condensed in vacuo to a small volume. The residue was dissolved in ether and the ether solution was washed sequentially with water, saturated 31 sodium carbonate solution, water, brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After removal of the solvents, 10.29 g (99%) of methyl deoxycholate 39 obtained was pure enough for further reactions. A solution of 39 (10.29 g) in 200 ml of acetone was oxidized to methyl 3,12-diketocholanate’3l using Jone's reagent (6.4 m1 of 8N CroB-H 804). Recrystallization of the 2 product from ethyl acetate yielded 9.53 g (93%) of pure ;$ 0 as prisms, mp l32-3° (lit. 129-30°), [0135 + 90.9° (lit. + 90.4° i 4°). Preparation of Methyl 2-bromo-3,12-diketo- pmwn) -cholatrienate 33 N A solution 0f,§l (2.01 g, .005 M) in glacial acetic acid (50 ml) under Argon was brominated by the usual pro- cedure using 1.06 ml (.OZM) of bromine and boron trifluoride etherate (5 drops). The crude product upon esterification with diazomethane by the usual procedure followed by recrys- tallization from methanol gave pure methyl 2,2,4,ll-tetra- bromo-3,12-diketo cholanate 33, mp 112-3°, [0135+ 4.6°; ir (00013) 1730, 1700 cm‘l; Pmr (c0c13) 51.07 (5,3 H), 1.47 (8, 3H), 3.6 (S, 3H), 4.97 (d, J = 10 Hz, 1H), 5.11 (d, J = 12 Hz, 1 a); ms, m/e 558.06970 (14+, calc. for C25H3204Brgl, corresponding to P-ZHBr) and 557.06647 (M+, calc. for 79 81 . C25H3304Br Br , correSponding to P-Br-HBr). 32 The tetrabromo steroid 33 (1.44 g, .002 M) was tris- dehydrobrominated with lithium carbonate (2.0 g) and dimethylformamide (20 ml) by the usual procedure to give 0.75 g (95%) of the crude product as a light yellow oil. An analytical sample of methyl 2-bromo-3,12-diketo-Al'4’9(ll) cholatrienate 33 was obtained as rhombic crystals by crystal- lization from acetone, mp 168-9° [0135+ 2.1°; ir (CDC13) 1735, 1685, 1665, 1605, 1600 cm'l; Pmr (c0c13) 61.0 (s, 3H), 1.57 (8, 3H), 3.6 (S, 3H), 5.73 (d, J = 2H2, l H), 6.13 (S, In), 7.47 (S, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 476 (8), 474 (8), 396(17), 241(100), 240(90). Anal. Calcd. for C H O Br:C, 63.16; H, 6.57; 25 31 4 Found :C, 63.07; H, 6.70. Oxidation and a-bromination of Methyl deoxycholate 39 Treatment of one gram (.00246 M) of methyl deoxycholate ‘39 with 50 ml of t-butyl alcohol, 3.6 ml of water, 0.6 m1 (.00492 M) of 48% hydrobromic acid and 2.04 g (.0148 M) of N-bromoacetamide by the usual procedure for oxidation and a-bromination of hydroxy steroids gave a light yellow solid which on recrystallization from acetone yielded 0.948 g (80%) of methyl 4-bromo-3,12-diketocholanate13$ as colorless needles, mp 121-3°; [a]25° D cm71; Pmr (00c13) 60.95 (s, 3H), 1.47 (s, an), 3.5 (s, 3H), + 107.6°; ir (CDC13) 1735, 1710 33 5.0 (d, J = 12 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 482 (49), 480 (49), 401 (100). Preparation of Methyl 3,12-diketo-A4-cholenate‘25 0.481 g (.001 M) of methyl 4-bromo-3,12-diketo cholanate 35 was dehydrobrominated using 0.7 g of lithium carbonate and 10 ml of dimethylformamide by the usual procedure af- forded 0.395 g (99%) of crude 35, mp 118-20°. Recrystalliza- tion from acetone gave pure 3; as prisms, mp l45-6°; [6135 + 116.7°; ir (cc14) 1735, 1710, 1675, 1615 cm’l; Pmr (CC14) 50.93 (S, 3H),1”]i5(S, 3H), 3.4 (S, 3H), 5.42 (s, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 400 (100), 285 (20), 245 (86). Preparation of Methyl 3a-ethoxygarbonyloxy, lZ-ketocholanateizl To a solution of methyl deoxycholate 30,(4.06 g, .01 M) in dioxane (20 m1) and pyridine (3.2 m1) cooled in an ice- water bath, ethylcholoroformate (4.0 ml) was added dr0pwise. The ice water bath was removed and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 30 min. 50 ml of water con- taining 2.0 ml of 37% hydrochloric acid was added and the reaction mixture was heated on a steam bath for 30 min. 250 m1 of ether was added after cooling the reaction mixture and 34 washed sequentially with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of the solvents afforded the crude product which was recrystallized from methanol to give 4.0 g (83%) of methyl Ba-ethoxycarbonyloxy deoxycholate 36, mp 142-3° (lit. 142-3°); [aJD + 56° (lit. + 54° 1 2°). The diester 36 (2.39 g, .005 M) in 70 ml of acetone was oxidized to 12-keto steroid 32 with Jones reagent by the usual procedure. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate gave 2.26 g (91%) of pure 37, mp 159-60° (lit. 157—9°), [0135+ 90.6° (lit. + 91° : 1°). Preparation of Methyl 3a-ethoxycarbonyloxyh lZ-keto-A9(lly:cholenate 33’ 2.38 g. (.OOSM) of 12-keto steroid gz’was dissolved in 100 m1 of a 4:1 mixture of chlorobenzene and acetic acid. 0.666 g (.006M) of selenium dioxide and a drop of hydrochloric acid were added and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 72 hr. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered through a short pad of Celite. The filtrate was concentrated to a small volume in vacuo, diluted with ether (250 ml) and washed successively with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine and then dried. Removal of the solvents yielded 2.0 g (84%) of crude product. Recrystallization from acetone gave a sharp melting (163-4°) mixture of 31 35 (20%) and 38 (80%) as indicated by ir, Pmr and mass spectral analysis. Identical results were obtained by recrystalliza- tion from methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and various mix- ture of solvents with ether, benzene and hexanes. Chroma- tography on alumina or silica gel columns did not improve the percentage of 38 in the mixture. However, 99.9% pure }§,(mp 167-8°) was obtained by three different methods as discussed later. Bromination of Methyl 3a—ethoxycarbony1oxy, lZ-keto cholanate 32 A solution of 21 (4.74 g, .01 M) in glacial acetic acid (50 ml) under Argon was brominated by the usual pro- cedure using 0.8 m1 (.015 M) of bromine and five drops of boron trifluoride etherate. 5.45 g (99%) of the crude product was obtained upon addition of sodium sulfite and water. A 1.20 9 portion of the crude product was chroma- tographed on silica gel, elution with chloroform gave 0.886 g (73.8%) methyl Ba-ethoxycarbonyloxy, ll-bromo,12-keto cholanate (A) and 0.291 g (24.2%) 3a-ethoxycarbonyloxy,1l- bromo,12-keto cholanic acid (Q). Treatment of §,with dizao- methane in ether by the usual procedure gave A, Recrystal- lization of combined A’from methanol gave methyl 3a-ethoxy— / carbonyloxy,lla-bromo,12-keto cholanate 41,(1.0 g, 90%), 24° mp 97-8°; [GJD + 46.6°; ir (cc14) 1730 cm’l; Pmr (cc14) 36 01.0 (S, 3H), 1.17 (S, 3H), 3.55 (8, 3H), 4.0 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.27-4.62 (m, 1H), 4.81 (d, J = 10 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 525 (1), 523 (1), 475 (65), 474 (19), 385 (35). Anal. Calcd. for C28H43Br O6:C, 60.54; H, 7.80; Found :C, 60.46; H, 7.80. The mother liquor from A upon recrystallization from methanol gave methyl 3a-ethoxycarbonyloxy,llB-bromo,12-keto O cholanate 42 (0.059 g, 5%), mp l72-3°; [an4 + 36.3°; ir (c014) 1730, 1700 cm’l; Pmr (cc14) 61.25 (s, 3H), 1.22 (s, 3H), 3.57 (s, 3H), 4.03 (q, J = 7 Hz, 23), 4.17—4.27 (m, 1H), 4.27-4.70 (m, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 525 (<1) 523 (<1), 47S (33), 474 (24), 385 (27), 384 (23). Epimerization of 118-bromo ketone 13 to lla-bromo ketone 41 A mixture of 50 mg of llB-bromo ketone 43 and a 10% hydrobromic acid solution in acetic acid (10 ml) was stirred at room temperature under Argon for two days. The reaction mixture was diluted with 100 m1 of water and extracted with chloroform. Removal of the solvents and recrystallization of the residue from methanol afforded a crystalline product identical in all respects with Ila-bromo ketone 41. 37 Zinc and Acetic Acid Debromination of Ila-bromo ketone 41 A solution of 50 mg of 41 in 2 ml of glacial acetic acid was refluxed with 50 mg of zinc dust under Argon for one hour. After filtration the solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether and washed successively with water, sodium carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of the solvent and recrystallization of the residue from ethyl acetate gave 38 mg (88%) of crystalline product identical in all respects with 33. Zinc and Acetic Acid Debromination of 118-bromo ketone {a Treatment of 30 mg of 53,1“ 2 m1 of glacial acetic acid with 30 mg of zinc dust under similar conditions as for 41/ gave 20 mg (87%) of product, after recrystallization from ethyl acetate, that was also identical in all respects with 370 ”V Dehydrobromination of 110-bromo ketone 41/ A. With DBU and DMSO To a solution of lla-bromo ketone 41/(0.555 g, .001 M) in dry DMSO (10 ml), 0.25 g (.002 M) of DBU was added and the reaction mixture stirred under Argon at room temperature. 38 In six weeks, all the starting material had disappeared as indicated by thin layer chromatography on a small scale ether extract of reaction mixture. 200 m1 of water was added to the reaction mixture and extracted with three 100 ml portions of methylene chloride. The combined extracts were washed sequentially with five 200 ml portions of water and once with brine, and then dried. Removal of methylene chloride gave enone 38 (0.45 g, 95%) which was recrystallized from acetone, mp l67-8°. B. With Lithium Carbonate and Dimethylformamide 118-bromo ketone 41 (0.555 g, .001 M) was dehydro- brominated by the usual procedure using 0.833 g of lithium carbonate and 10 m1 of dimethylformamide to give 0.47g;(99%) of enone 38. Recrystallization from acetone gave pure 38, mp 167-8° (lit. 158-60°), [6135+ 109° (lit. 92 1 2°): ir (KBr) 1735, 1675, 1605 cm’l; Pmr (coc13) 60.88 (s, 3H), 1.17 (S, 3H), 3.6 (S, 3H), 4.09(q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.3-4.8 (m, 1H), 5.6 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intens- ity) 474 (92), 385 (38), 384 (100), 229 (97). Anal. calcd. for C :C, 70.86; H, 8.92; 28H4206 Found :C, 70.91; H, 8.89. 39 Preparation of Methyl 3,12-diketo- A9(11) -cholenate 4; A 2.37 g (.005 M) solution of enone 38 in 40 m1 of methanol containing 20 m1 of 10% potassium hydroxide was refluxed for 90 min. under Argon. Methanol was removed in vacuo, the residue dissolved in water and acidified with 6N hydrochloric acid. The precipitated product was filtered, washed with water and air dried to give 30-hydroxy,12-keto, A9(ll)-cholenic acid 43’(1.89 g, 98%) which was recrystal- lized from methanol, mp. 177-8°; [010 + 87°; ir (CDC13) 3575, 3490, 1700, 1670, 1600 cm’lz Pmr (cc14) 60.9 (s, 3H), 1.0 (d, J = 4 Hz, 3H), 1.17 (8, 3H), 3.3-3.9 (m, 1H), 5.65 (d, J = 2H2, 1H), 5.97 (bs, 24). A suspension of 1.89 g (.0049 M) of 43,1n 100 m1 of ether was esterified with diazomethane by the usual pro- cedure to give 1.94 g (99%) of the methyl ester 43. A solu- tion of this methyl ester in 50 m1 of acetone was oxidized with Jones reagent by the usual procedure to give 1.90 g (98%) of the crude product, which was recrystallized from ethyl acetate to give enedione 45, mp 13l-2°; [a]§5+ 69.3° (lit. 71.6 : 2°); ir (KBr) 1730, 1710, 1680, 1605 cm—1; Pmr (CC14) 60.9 (S, 3H), 1.25 (8, 3H), 3.53 (S, 3H), 5.63 (d, J = 2H2, 1H) ms (70 EV) m/e (rel. intensity) 400 (22), 369 (5), 245 (31), 121 (100). 40 Preparation of Methyl 3 ~ethoxycarbony10xy, All—cholenate 41 A. Dehydration of 39 A 4.78 g (.01 M) solution of 36 in 50 m1 of pyridine and phosphorous oxychloride (23 g, .15 M) was stirred under nitrogen at 50° for 24 hr. After cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with ice water and extracted with three 100 m1 portions of ether. The combined ether extracts were washed sequentially with water, 1N hydrochloric acid and brine, and then dried. Removal of ether gave an oil that crystallized out from dioxane to yield 42 (2.3 g, 50%), mp 135—6°. B. Via Mesylate 49 Methanesulfonyl chloride (1.6 g, .014 M) was added dropwise to an ice cooled solution of gé,(4.78 g, .01 M) in 50 ml of dry pyridine. The reaction mixture was stirred under Argon at room temperature for 24 hr, poured into ice cooled brine (100 m1) and extracted with three 100 m1 por- tions of ether. The combined ether extracts were washed sequentially with water, 1N hydrochloric acid and brine, and then dried. Removal of ether gave mesylate 46 (5.50 g, 99%), mp 154° (d); [61D + 69.2°, ir (cc14) 1735 cm'l; Pmr (CC14) 60.75 (S, 3H), 0.91 (S, 3H), 2.97 (5, 3H), 3.53 (8, 3H), 4.03 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.2-4.66 (m, 1H), 4.93 (bs, 1H); 41 ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 460 (<1), 371 (67), 370 (96), 256 (49), 255 (100). Agel. Calcd. for C29H48083:C, 62.56; H, 8.69; Found :C, 62.47; H, 8.70. A mixture of 50 ml of hexamethylphosphoric triamide (distilled over CaHZ), 4 g (.04 M) of potassium acetate and 5.0 g (.009 M) of mesylate 49 was stirred under N at 100° 2 for two days. After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured into 500 ml of ice water. The precipitated product was filtered, washed with water and air dried. Recrystal- lization from dioxane afforded 47 (3.93 g, 95%), mp 135-6°; [01D + 39.5°; ir (KBr) 1735, 1615 cm”1 , Pmr (c014) 60.7 (s, 3H), 0.87 (s, 3H), 3.53 (s, 3H), 4.0 (q. J = 7 Hz, 2H); 4.27-4.63 (m, 1H), 5.25 (d, J = 10 Hz, 1H), 5.97 (dd, J = 10 Hz, 3 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 460 (<1), 370 (100). 255 (85). Anal. Calcd. for C :C, 73.01; H, 9.63; 28H4405 Found :C, 73.06, H, 9.67. Addition of Hypobromous Acid to Alkene 41, To a mixture of alkene 41,(0.46 g, .001 M) and N-bromo- acetamide (0.276 g, .002 M) in 50 ml of dioxane under Argon, 27.5 ml of 0.16N perchloric acid was added dropwise. After stirring for 20 min. at room temperature, excess N-bromo- acetamide was destroyed by adding a 10% sodium sulfite 42 solution and the reaction mixture extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extract was washed sequentially with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of solvents gave 0.56 g of an oil. Thin layer chromatography indicated it to be a mixture of two different compounds. Addition of ether to the oil gave 100 mg of a white solid which was recrystallized from methanol to give bromohydrin 43,mp 179-80°; [a] + 51°; ir (KBr) 3400, 1735 D cm'l; Pmr (cc14) 61.18 (s, 3H), 1.22 (s, 3H), 3.57 (s, 3H), 4.06 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.3-4.63 (m, 1H), 4.7 «iai,J’= 2 Hz and 3 Hz, 1H), 4.97 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 541 (2.5), 539 (2.5), 458 (31), 270 (56), 369 (100). In another experiment, 100 mg of the crude product was separated by preparative thin layer chromatography on a 2 mm silica gel plate to give 39 mg of bromohydrin 42 and 45 mg of enol 4g, mp 145° (a); ir (c014) 3460, 1735, 1600 cm‘l; Pmr (CC14) 00.83 (S, 3H), 1.17 (S, 3H), 3.53 (S, 3H), 4.06 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.23-4.80 (m, 2H), 5.57 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 476 (16), 386 (60), 231 (100). Enol 4§,on oxidation with Jones reagent by the usual procedure gave enone 45. M 43 Preparation of 110,1Za-epoxide‘53 To a solution of alkene 41 (0.46 g, .001M) in 20 ml of chloroform, 0.25 g (.0011 M) of 75% m-chloroperbenzoic acid was added and the reaction mixture stirred under N2 at room temperature for 4 hr. After diluting with 200 m1 of chloro- form, the reaction mixture was washed successively with water, sodium carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Recrystallization from methanol gave 11 ,12 -epoxide 59 (0.45 g, 95%), mp 147.5-8°; [6135+ 34°; ir (cc14) 1735, 1260 cm‘l; Pmr (cc14) 60.67 (s, 3H), 0.9 (s, 3H), 2.67 (d, J = 4 Hz, 1H), 2.86 (d, J = 4 Hz, 1H), 3.5 (S, 3H), 4.0 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.2-4.7 (m, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 476 (6), 386 (45), 271 (49), 253 (100). 5331. Calcd. for C H O :C, 70.56; H, 9.30; 28 44 6 Found :C, 70.53; H, 9.39. Preparation of Bromohydrinegl To a solution of epoxide 50,(0.238 g, .0005 M) in 20 m1 of acetone, 1 m1 of 48% hydrobromic acid was added drop- wise. After stirring under nitrogen for 2 hr. at room temperature, acetone was removed under vacuo, the residue diluted with water and extracted with ether. The ether ex- tract was washed successively with water, sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. An excess 44 diazomethane in ether was added and the solvent removed after stirring for 1 hr. at room temperature to give bromohydrin 51 (0.25 g, 90%) as an oil. A 139 mg portion of the crude product was separated on a silica gel column by high pres- sure liquid chromatography (25% ethyl acetate in hexane elutant) to give 111 mg (80%) of bromohydrin 51 as an oil which could not be crystallized, ir (CC14) 3600, 3480, 1735 cm’l; Pmr (cc14) 61.0 (s, 3H), 1.17 (s, 3H), 2.57-3.07 (m, 1H), 3.52 (s, 3H), 4.0 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.2-4.7 (m, 3H), ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 509 (<1), 507 (<1), 459 (61) 458 (30), 370 (64), 369 (100), 253 (96). However, bromohydrin 51 on oxidation with chromium trioxide and glacial acetic acid gave llB-bromo,12-ketone 42. N Oxidation and Debromination of Bromohydrin 49 To a solution of 50 mg of bromohydrin 42 in 5 m1 of glacial acetic acid, 1.0 ml of 0.56 N chromium troxide in acetic acid was added. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature and then excess chromium tri- oxide destroyed by addition of methanol. water was added to the reaction mixture and extracted with two 100 m1 por- tions of ether. The combined ether extracts were washed successively with water, sodium carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of the solvents and recrystallization 45 of the residue from methanol gave 38 mg of l2-bromo,11- ketone 53, mp 168-9°; ir (CC14) 1735 cm-1, Pmr (CC14) 61.23 (S, 3H), 1.33 (S, 3H), 3.55 (S, 3H), 4.0 (q, J = 7 Hz, 2H), 4.2—4.7 (m, 2H). Treatment oflgg with zinc and acetic acid gave ll-keto steroid 53, which was recrystallized from acetone, mp 145-6° (lit.39 146-147.5°). Preparation of Methyl 3,12—diketo, A1,4,9(11) -cholatrienate 56 N A 0.4 g (.001 M) solution of enedione 45 in 100 m1 of t-amyl alcohol was refluxed with 0.22 g of selenium dioxide under nitrogen. After 4.5 hr, more selenium dioxide (0.2 g) was added and the solution was refluxed for a further 18 hr. The volume of the solution was then reduced to 10 m1 under vacuo, the residue dissolved in chloroform and washed successively with water, sodium carbonate solution and brine, and then dried. Removal of the solvents and chromatography of the crude product on alumina (chloroform elutant) afforded 0.22 g (55%) of trienedione 56, which was recrystallized from methanol, mp 132-4°; [6135+ 88.5°; ir (cc14) 1735, 1685, 1670, 1640, 1600 cm'l; Pmr (cc14) 60.93 (s, 3H), 1.25 (s, 3H), 3.52 (S, 3H), 5.57 (8, 1H), 5.90 (S, 1H), 6.07 (d.d, J = 10 Hz and 2H2, 1H), 7.0 (d, J = 10 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel intensity) 396 (95), 365 (24), 242 (84), 241 (100). 46 Anal. Calcd. for C25H3204zc, 75.73; H, 8.13, Found :C, 75.63; H, 8.21. Homogeneous Catalytic Reduction 0f,2§ A 50 ml pear shaped flask containing 5 m1 of dry ben- zene was cooled to 0°, evacuated and filled with hydrogen. 10 mg of Tris triphenylphosphine chlororhodium (Wilkinson's catalyst) was added and the process of freezing, evacuating and refilling with hydrogen repeated three times. A 50 mg solution of 59 in 5 ml of dry benzene, after freezing, evacuating and refilling with hydrogen, was added to the above solution. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hr under hydrogen at atmospheric pressure. Filtration through a short path alumina column followed by elution with chloroform gave 45 mg of unreacted 59. In another experiment under similar conditions, reduc- tion of 45 mg of 56 with Wilkinson's catalyst (10 mg), cyclooctene rhodium chloride complex (10 mg) and hydrogen gave a product which after recrystallization from acetone was found to be identical in all respects to 13' 47 Preparation of Methyl 3,12-diketo- A4,9(11); choladienate 55 N A. Oxidation and a—bromination of 44 and dehydrobromination of 5] 0.2 g (.0005 M) of gglwas oxidized and brominated in ring A with 0.138 g (.001 M) of N-bromoacetamide and 0.1 m1 of 48% hydrobromic acid (.0006 M) by the usual procedure to give 0.28 g of crude §Z,as an oil, ir (CDC13) 1735, 1675, 1600 cm'l; Emr (c0013) 60.9 (s, 3H), 1.3 (s, 3H), 3.55 (s, 3H), 4.23 (d, J = 12 Hz, 1H), 5.68 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H). Without further purification, 0.28 g of 53 was dehydro- brominated with 0.42 g of lithium carbonate and 10 m1 of dimethylformamide by the usual procedure yielding 0.18 g of the crude product. Preparative thin layer chromatography on a 2 mm silica gel plate (2% methanol in chloroform elutant) 4,9(11) gave 0.10 g (51%) of methyl 3,12-diketo-A -choladienate 55, which was recrystallized from acetone, mp 116-8°; [0135+ 105.7; ir (cc14) 1735, 1675, 1620, 1600 cm'l; Pmr (CDCl , 180 M Hz) 61.44 (8, 3H), 1.53 (S, 3H), 3.58 (S, 3H), 3 5.65 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H), 5.68 (d, J = 2 Hz, 1H); ms (70 eV) m/e (rel. intensity) 398 (56), 243 (100), 241 (48). Anal. Calcd. for C25H34O4 Found :C, 75.11; H, 8.54. :C, 75.39; H, 8.60; 48 B. Oxidation and a-bromination of 59 and his dehydrobromination of 59 A mixture of Ila-bromo ketone 41 (0.555 g, .001 M) and 50 m1 of 2.5% methanolic potassium hydroxide solution was stirred overnight under Argon at room temperature. Methanol was removed under vacuo, the residue dissolved in water and neutralized with 6N hydrochloric acid. The precipitated product was filtered, washed with water, air dried and treated with an excess of diazomethane in ether. Removal of ether followed by oxidation and a-bromination in ring A with N-bromoacetamide (0.276 g, .002 M) and 0.2 m1 of 48% hydro- bromic acid (.0012 M) by the usual procedure gave 0.54 g (83%) of the crude product. Recrystallization from carbon 25 D (c0c13) 1730 cm’l; Pmr (cnc13) 61.07 (s, 3H), 1.32 (s, 3H), tetrachloride gave dibromide 59, mp 79-80°; [a] + 34.9°; ir 3.6 (S, 3H), 4.57-5.13 (m, 2H). 0.18 9 (.00033 M) of dibromide 52 was bis dehydro- brominated with 0.5 g of lithium carbonate and 10 ml of dimethylformamide by the usual procedure to give 96 mg of crude product. Preparative thin layer chromatography on a 2 mm silica gel plate (2% methanol in chloroform elutant) gave 80 mg (60%) of product which was identical in all reSpects to 55. 49 Lithium and Ammonia Reduction of 4,8(11) - - A -d1ene-3,12-dione 55 In a 100 ml three neck round bottom flask, flame dried under nitrogen, 50 m1 of ammonia was condensed over a small lump of sodium. The ammonia was then distilled through Tygon tubing into another 100 ml three neck round bottom flask under nitrogen, fitted with a dry ice condenser and a mechanical stirrer, and cooled by a dry ice-iSOpropanol bath. 0.07 g of lithium (.01 M) was added to the reaction flask and upon completion of condensation of ammonia, dienedione 55 (0.1 9, .00025 M) dissolved in 10 ml of dry THF was added dropwise over a one hr period. The blue color of the reaction was discharged by dropwise addition of ethylene dibromide, following which 1 g of finely ground ammonium carbonate was added in one portion. The dry ice-isopropanol bath and dry ice condenser were removed and ammonia was evaporated into the hood under a stream of nitrogen. The residue was taken up in 100 m1 of water and extracted with three 100 m1 portions of ether. The combined ether extracts were washed sequentially with water and brine, and then dried. 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Taneja and Ed Sweet, Unpublished results from Chemistry Department Michigan State University. APPENDIX SPECTRA 54 O 1' 8C A ...~v... Ila-c... O.-. H \l ' 1500 mxm 2500 "NO”! '0’. 0 (CM '0 3500 o.._..... IOO 1200 1000 vacuum: :00 '1 1400 1600 Infrared Spectrum of 32 Figure 1. |( m 8( 6t 4! «9.3026. _ :< o . 1 - n 1 u . . . . . . . . 1 i i 800 V5 2500 1000 FREQUENC' 'CN ......—._.. 3000 -___. ... ...--.-“. . - - 1200 .f ‘9! (J‘JENT ' .— Infrared spectrum of 41 1400 3500 . ‘ . ...—.-__.... ...-.. _. ‘ Q ~ -- p. c o . . . . . o . . - _.._ .. -.M. .- . . . —- -_“- -.-—sh-—.-.—o—— - - a » . . . o 1 . ¢44n 0'60 0 . . . 1600 Figure 6. 1800 .0 .n.- .V.—. 00.1.v14 . . .. . ...u .M.. 65132142232145 4000 )OOE.;‘ 2000 60 1000 m 0 0 I. .4 .2 no .1..- -1...M..M..m .M M. ... M 1 . _ 1 1 1 _ )HllllfllilJ m . -. - .. .. - _, . .M 5 . 1. . .- 1 m . M m g . M 1 .1 M - M - -..F. M . M M 1 L . _ w . _ . 1 a M :- .--. M .- M .W. M 1 __ _ _ 1 M _ W M -111 1~|11|L113|1L11£91 .1). . . -..-M a; M . M . M M .11: M ...-7. :5. . . . .M.. M M M M _ M . . . M 1M . 12.): 111i. 1-111.115.- O. - a . .10 00.0.6154 . 3.0-1.031’I1 ..IOI...‘ M , M a . 1200 mxn moumcv (CM') 5 i ”7 I 1 E 1 1400 MXD . M n Ev-l;-3.M M 1 . M . _ . .11 1.11211. 11 P 11fi1. . 3%” "-1 i 1 I 1 l . .i 9.. i z I ..--.MJMMt—M- 1 ----M..'--M- - 1 11.1-. .12.... m an. 6 4 ..O ..s .- MomMmuzitzmz 2mx> 15mg fIIOUENCYCCM‘) ’ ' 0 100 1 8H ' so 2';- m ...... u 6“ 260 < p... t 5 ..... ‘3 -. <40 ..... m ... 21 2O 0 . ; ‘. ' ..‘b. :-. 1 : . ' . ' . 0 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 moumcv 1r.» '1 Figure 8. Infrared spectrum of 3; '62 IOO w w MeoMmuzitzmzéh 20 1500 2000 2500 FREQUENCY ICM '1 3000 3500 om 100 M$Mmuz ;- *1“ 1 oo 2 1' 1 3. .. i. E 1 i 3 .1 .3 - +1 ._ - .0 1'. \, . ‘1 /L mrr . 3: - fjj ’ ‘—~ .0-) -- - g - _ I ' '4" j 7 .— '20 1 = In M - M 1- _- _ 1 3 z 1' '1 9‘? 3|: 1 r 1' s 1 ; I 1 . 1 z z : ' z 0 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 rnvonmr. I(M ') 100 E l TRANSM1TTANC A hr?“ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! Q .E; 31 1 1 n. _ _ 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 moumtv I'M'u Figure 17. Infrared spectrum of é; 71 1500 2000 2500 hmwmwmnw 3000 3500 4000 0 0 0 0 0 8. .0 4 2 onozuzftzmzép 100 O 0 1| 7532:2325» w Infrared spectrum of 56 Figure 18. 72 m m w w m o ............ 1500 800 h ..... .............. ...... 1000 do w 5 C 2 ,- m w m ....... 0 o :i: M m O 0 ..... M m 3 ....... m ...... m * , . m . . ,n.ou....... ...1 . .. .. 1 .. 1. m m m w w m o m o o o . m on 8 .0 4 Sovmuzitzmzép Aimuzftzmzéh '1'."|' I '1‘ II" m Infrared spectrum of 57 Figure 19. 73 -..——.—- -... n u - ..¢.-.. . h'l‘ .I'l." 1, | I .‘l.',0 .~——‘)——-—- vb —~——<1—4 - too—.4._.—.1P- . .. . 1 . .u. .5 fill ‘v 1 .. .r «I; ... h l¥igiQ ‘ , TI...‘ r... J '. 3“” ........... O 0 6 4 Animuzitzmzéh O 2 1500 mam MOUENCV (CM') 100 80 60 20 ‘IAOO 1700 1000 800 1600 1800 2000 w w m o Aimuzitzmzih 100 If 80 vs Infrared spectrum of 59 Figure 20. 74 100 O 8 w .m onovmuzfitzmzi» ~10 . 2500 2000 1500 3000 3500 I?! 1-11.0.0. I I1 IA . O U! . llllficl.‘ [J 4000 0 0 2 ‘M’: ”'1 'o'HH' v 1 .1 [I o l‘. . 11 0 III-I o I: ‘ 1 '1 '0' .I. I. I0. «'5 0].. Il'.-. 1. .11. I 1 I10 01' '. ‘ -' -ll 00' 0'0, n c1115 lull'll .II..,.. o '1 I u l . a . - ..—._.—..__. ..-. u . I o | | n.... 1 '1'..- I . -«--5:2 . _ . . ..... 11*.J111ev1 .1111- 1111.7 . . ....nrtg 0. u . h 1 m _ . _ . h L 0.901102 4 g _ 5.. ._ -. _ 1 p m M w” m u .4 .1 . m u n *a . s o. w .fl. 2. .. ..1. . . . . no u. D 1 . t... u .1. 9" O P ‘0.*. 1 : 5 . :J . 1114 w. . r * . . _ . ...v. 111 a 1 I. I o. 8 w w 3:325:525» 0 2 800 1000 1200 1600 1400 FREQUENCY CM '1 1800 mxm Infrared spectrum cf 60 \A . Figure 21. 75 l to 10 m 0.0 10 mm 7.0 Pmr spectrum of ég Figure 22. Y I . -+. r .3. 1 ' r v. ' ' . y. . 5 .« - 5 i 1 . '. n I ... v . ... “ I II v “m M . . "o #1» . I I I, . II ‘ ... -‘c1‘ C v .. .m _ .. u r u 1.11.. 7. 141111.“.1141 . “I l I ' a v . . _ . _. . _ . fi1 .11». .. L - . , m . V r' 'I.—n ...-Iv.” . O.I II . [.1 v a w . . . _ . . _ - .L. 1 .1. . I a -- -.,—.——..—.—_ I o-—-1 '1 ' U ' I V " A L...L..J. .1...‘ --. I... "HUGO 00 IO 33 m Pmr spectrum of Figure 23. rfi v I r 1 fir v I v fl T—‘T 1 ‘l’ 1 Y I r 'fi v v v ' I V V I“ I1 I : aw a» - . ««««« u 0 I I '7 v.0 . I S. 40 .. - I I -. I! :9 5 . I . .1- .— i . ‘).u 0..” _ -- 5 " I C I 1 A L A l A AA ._. _A 4 A A A_ r A_ A J 1 . . 1 . F . . l I A_.A A A A A A hPJ Jr A A L A L A A A A. L A A A A I I. 19 CO I. "I”: 00 n '10 I. M.‘_l.p Figure 24. Pmr spectrum of {3A . ov-c .. - .— —-. - .... Q1“, Figure 25. Pmr spectrum of 35‘ 77 V Y ff V‘fif‘l V V V It”. rm- ' L v—v I --IIIIII l .5» '0. 1.1..WW1 "a“: Pmr spectrum of ag- ' f Figure 26. 0. "I In. 1 Pmr spectrum of 41 Figure 27. m 78 . A A . "I“. I. #0 pa A“... v. tIv ..1Ivr. . AAAIL. f 42 v» Pmr spectrum 0 Figure 28. AD 4.44.l_. 3.0 SD Pmr spectrum of 43 w Figure 29. 79 u. to co in m '5' w A w M lo a Figure 30. Pmr spectrum of éé “-5 3": I “a“: I ! U A L A l A A A A I A A A L I A A A A l 1 A A A I A4 A A l l A A A l A A A A l A A A A ‘ J to 1,0 6.0 . so m_‘f’ w u . an In ' 0 Figure 31. Pmr spectrum of 3E 80 owls AA A ' A A A A I A AA A ‘A l A A A L 1 A1 A AA A l A A A A l A A A A l A A A A l A 4 to m on an pm "I w M 70 IO . —V‘V V V V V ' ‘ 5 v '7— ! - - - A VII—w. I o O A... urt- AAAA A A C'..- L. '7' vvwnvw—V-. V ,.-..L..._..._..._...___r . . . . . . , . . . . . . -..---. . ... .... ...... ......u . .. .. -.. . .- ....- . .... .. .. .. . U I A i i . . . - 8 . - . . . O - « . I ' ' I . . . . . . . , . .A . . . . . ... . I . . 8 g - - -_ .z_.... -. 9. .... .. .. .3—.—.- .... .. .. - .. “I - . u ' ' ° . ' l . . - I I O - I ‘ - I A A A A A A A A A I I - A A l A A . A. A A A A A A I A AA A TA A A A J i i I». 7‘ M .0 ”GI! u 3.0 Figure 33. Pmr spectrum of 48 m 81 Figure 34. Pmr spectrum of $2 am a)“: ._..1.i .I l ..l. A 1.. I.L..J.Ail an In N w m ' 4': no 1!: In u Figure 35. Pmr spectrum of E2 82 “r“. h‘fl‘ n \ I ’. I \. aka, I t 4 a. .' ..-[.. .l-..l-.il. l.. l .l .. I. to lo M) an nu “A In 7a In a Figure 36. Pmr spectrum of 51 v5 fi‘V—T Irv I I V l I V V I l I V V V V V l V Y V v I l u v f v 3 . u or ?" I 1 J A?) 1:: - L _ .. .. .3. . I9 “ I, ' ‘i’ U: u n .. 3'. . u .1 u T k . _ _._-.. -.-.-...... ----.._.L. ...- “3°99“ . L A A ‘ALA A. AAA._ AAA .,. 1"" w a. .v , v.“ , ... w . M A A A A A A A_.A_A_L_A._L_A._A-.a._4...A I. A A A A Al A AI [AA .-....“ In 7 A4 ‘9 ”raw «a I. I. m I Figure 37. Pmr spectrum of \f‘ mm no 5830QO wEm .mm whamWh mam.uo uzoxux OOGoO—l “wk ~07me~ "7m 84 Figure 40. Pmr spectrum of 32 85 Figure 41. Pmr spectrum of g? Figure 42. Pmr spectrum of £9- “up“ Iflrluzv11('£ ) 86 I Y i 3 x I i z * 1 . a i .: L z . 3 . , .. .. , . . l I . I, I L I > , ' 1 , ‘7 7‘ -L I E I L ‘ L ? i L L ' . ‘ l : g x I l l Li ' I '5 ‘ -1 ......w... .: _~:.. AL 1. L _ ‘1- L I l l I V ; I i —---— ~A- -- . - .. l . -+~ . ‘ . I ' . . ' ° : . 1 L w w . 1 i x .... L I. -_ . _ 1 LA L. 3.3 . L i L ‘ ‘ . -.. I ‘ ll . ' ‘Wr'fwllvjfi IWWWH LL Viri‘iTvL' '4 0 v - 26' ,3” )40 5 J” L 4p: «a 30- J ‘~'. ’ ’ AWfi .-.l..._ . _r-. ,J___ i,i,._.. ..- ._ MAL .. H__ .L- L . ’, . L _. .-... L_.'.i._jr ---... ____A. - Lisi¥'1§'i7ii'i: in? '1? 11L *‘i-li'i LL Figure 43. Mass spectrum of é§ 3 .mLLg‘MLL' .69 .6 4e 4e 4e '40 4e .5 Figure 44. Mass spectrum of a4 87 Mass spectrum of 3S “ Figure 46. L M . . A . _ A u _ . . _ . . . M _ M w m _ m L m -__ AL“ . _ . . . r ,. . . . I—L. " . I LL. .LL .1; | “a . Lm M _ _ . “ AI _ . _ h _ _ .M IAI- I I. L V A . "IA-ll .‘L A ..E u u _ _. . _ .. . _ . .. H L” A.“ . . _ ..u . . .In. . . . A, .L.. _ . WiL _ .. L _ A Ann L. . . w.-- h .. r. . _ _ _ . u . . . ._ L . .L a. _ m . L i _ m . L. . I; A . m . _ . _ H .. . . . LII“ H h u _ n wL+lLf . .. ... . L A _ m w . ”I- ..L _ .. .L_|.... L m . n“ H m L. . . . A u _ . n U . mLA . . . L a _ -..I- v.01. - .m|_.l.. 1...- . I - - .... M ..h ..L mi“, “All. I] _ . H , m ill - 1 11”. w L n L L L .12- L. ... _. L- _H H . LL .11 h 6 O ... 9 any rtntdhz. a «3:13.- f 38 \A Mass spectrum 0 Figure 47. 88 A Q s : 1 0 A ' Ja'T" 03 b3 1:0 1 a 1»a 166 1:2 -= 93 3 A .L l 3 b‘ (3‘ 40 40 40 460 Figure 47. Mass spectrum of 4; _j_n LL Figure 48. Mass spectrum of 4a 89' Figure 49. _ ... ., . . _ .. - ..u..fl.-.. Linn _ n . N... H L .L:.;IL:LL LILLI. ..u L A w. n _. . ..L L L. ...L .. .IL A L ...»..L LI L” h _. _ . . .HL. _ L H . - LJZ _ ....L . L... - _ _ LL.LL . -. “QTL . a _ a . . - . .. _. L. L I ILL-r.- WL LI .L! rIILr IlTrI. l |.I.rI . _ .. . u m ..nu m... .L - L L-,LLLL --...Ln.-:L “ .... . . _ ... . An M11 IL III I ..._ M LI.M L I L,_ L .L.LLLL_L.L . - - L L--. .. _. ...... L n . L_ H _ m ”I .. m . . . _ L. It ..L.|. W LL L LL LLLflrL.“ L..L_, _. .-- _ . _. a . _ u - L L L L. LL . .-- - ....leL-LL _ r m . _ _ .. L L LLLL L “LL H LT I L A; ...-L I_L.. . . n A _ A . ..I . .... L ---L ---L IL ML-r- I A _ . M A _ i . ”I . -_ LLI iii”- L. LLI L L: LL _L w A L r11 ML - -... m. -_ .. LI . .L . LA . _ . L.- L I! I ILIIII I1 I. L... III-"I II II . w .H . i _ _I w . u H. . A L r .' I II IL I41 . a .J . .. . _ . _ .. A” . .M i. g. L; _ Lr mum ..... LL i; . m . .. _ . _ A L [Mr L. I . L I IIWL IILM I . .Im I IA II L IA..| .LLL - LL . L .L _ - .H h .. L- L L -L.L . -..-..LL - .-LILh-T . . A . . A M . I“ _ ”.7 w L . u _ _ _ m # h A H H" .LL. I I I I .- 0 C I G v Iii... ! :52. Tax \A Mass spectrum of 45 Mass spectrum of 46 Figure 50. V! 90 3v Fitch... «3.5-id Mass spectrum of 47 V‘ Figure 51. nut-Enid... 2‘ I) . I’ . I . u . . _ ll ._ ._ _ . _ . . . .- . n .. . . . ........ H ..IHL.“.- ..c. I L I“ H a . . m .. . m : n m .h _ I. “L ..Hi- L . L .o.n—ql- I IwLo. I‘m . w I l“... . .. _1 M ‘ Li. 2%... LNLI . . . .1. L. awh- . . . . .LM-.1:WL1_ LIV P ...-M: .L H J .7. 4 L L...- . . n a . . , . .. . . . A 0 u .rl'nl’|-l..u.lw-l’i c I. n." .7.-.. _ .. . . . . . .L A L- .n . . . - . _ ..L--- - - . 7 A . .. W, 3 ..LL... .1. .- . ..- .L... A . . TL .- ; ...m u . u .d . . _ FLT _ . --L.L ...... -, LA! M Li ..L a z ILrI w p ..L a) ..L .L . v “ .... a . A a A . . . w .-Iv 7- I]. _ . . ..LL...‘ L - L--- L in w m _ _ U ~q . ”v. II MI I. a m. LL . ..rlLL - L L Illl: . . I; 7 ll thoi H z IOI .tw. .47.... 0.. M .- . .. . A Vii-{L L . :9 r L ;m . . . . 3 _ _, m IL L -- I "H“ . I. . . L. .... .m . M u. _ . . m 9 L + .. L L - 1| . . . ' L 1! ... .L.-. L . ..... i .. n ”U . . . _ . _. . . LL .. . ..-LL--- L..- .LY.‘ I In" 8+... In ... -,.o . [Ill 1 . . . Q . g . u n . k . L . V ~ oar-LIL. Lula . w: T .3... .fia..‘o .. V VI . h LII-IL ILL ILL L L . o . .... .. - . - . Lt.-. 3 _. , «LL A. . _ . . a . . llhflIh o . .. .35 III“ a. L n. c n * H ' oWAvolw. .IVW LIN ...... m. L. . m . J u ,. ILu «I . L «L I. ll L TM‘ .. U . L. .. .m. A n m . LI . . .m .H .. .. ... U _ m -. u M ... . IJI .qlllw .11).... .91! I... .w :22. .- .Il. . M I...“ .. ..r .. ...-.....L ...!7 :..“-I «I. ..-. .U m L»... M .N 9... . . _ . ext-«Lam ».«|Lwll.n|J|uIy .- MW... L 1 a Mass spectrum of 48 Figure 52. 91 Li. J . lL WWII. “ILL-w Figure 53. Mass spectrum of 32 n- k I._L I .I .I .I i I- LIL II ILIIL LIL LLLLL - e 1 lj 1 ' 1 1 . "U 2 3 20 2-0 0 "M 'f- t d 11 “a“: ' ...-L: «I a : 440 (t! Figure 54. Mass spectrum of 59 '9 In nut-r! (I) . ILLA‘ TH" '3225‘1 ‘0 92 q + U . . 1 ”l 00‘. 3M \r '- ‘ ,- ‘1 0 r‘ -, 1g 1g 1 .1-4'. 4:». ‘ q q :ng; , fl’fil’l’ Sfle 500 She Figure 55. Mass.spectrum of 3} 9,6 , Figure 56. Mass spectrum of éé 1 1 f/Vg‘ twat/v.9 7y 1 3 “3!: n } 93 4 J Figure 57. Mass spectrum of §§ (”kfivL‘ ”KJ;J 60 0;: ‘00 M :5: I: V > an 2'.“ ;¢ ;0 jwe 31: Figure 58. Mass spectrum of 92 :1 w-—. -afi"$bfiu ' M <.. “AM“... .,