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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Anees M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9091292 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
RSC advances 20181127 69
The stereochemical outcome of the epoxidation of Δ<sub>14-15</sub> cholestanes with mCPBA is controlled by the steric bulk of a C17 substituent. When the C17 is in the β configuration, the epoxide is formed in the α face, whereas if the C17 is trigonal (flat) or the substituent is in the α configuration, the epoxide is formed in the β face. The presence of a hydroxyl substituent at C20 does not influence the stereochemical outcome of the epoxidation. ...[more]