Steroids XLIV. Synthesis and D-homoisomerization of 3β-acetoxy-6α-(N-acetylanilino)-17α-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one
Summary1.The reactions of 16β-bromo-3β,17α-dihydroxypregn-5-en-20-dione (III) and its 3,17-diacetate (IV) with aniline have been studied. The reaction of (III) with aniline leads to the formation of the 20-anil of 16α,17α-epoxypregnenolone (V) and the reaction of (IV) with aniline to the formation of 3-acetoxy-16α-(N-acetylanilino)-17α-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one (IX).2.The hydrolysis of the diacetate (IX) with potassium carbonate in aqueous methanol has been studied. The hydrolysis is accompanied by D-homoisomerization with the formation of 16α-anilino-3β,17α-dihydroxy-17β-methyl-D-homoandrost-5-en-17a-one.3.The structures and configurations of the compounds obtained (V, VI, VII, IX, X, and XI) have been shown by a series of chemical transformations and by physicochemical methods.
Mass spectrometry of steroid systems.—XX The application of the ionization efficiency curves to some stereochemical problems†
The dependence of the cleavage of some cis/trans-isomers in the terpenoid and steroid series on the energy of the ionizing electrons have been studied.
THE IRON-ACETOCARMINE METHOD OF FIXING AND STAINING CHROMOSOMES
A short description of this procedure was given in Vol. 55 of the American Naturalist, pp. 573â€”574. The method has now been used almost daily for five years, and certain improvements have suggested themselves. The solution can be prepared by mixing about equal volumes of glacial acetic acid and water. To this is added powdered carmine in excess. The liquid is then â€ ? just brought to boil, cooled, and decanted. To the red solution there are then added a few drops of a solution of ferric hydrate in 50 per cent. acetic acid, to act as a mordant. The amount of iron varies with different objects. Too much produces a precipitate in a short time. The more