Abstract
Some 3β-acetoxy-5-ene steroids were reacted with sulfuryl chloride in pyridine and the corresponding 3β-acetoxy-5α, 6β-dichloro steroids were obtained. Dehydroepiandrosterone acetate (VII) was transformed into 5α, 6β, 16, 16-tetrachloro compound (VI) on treatment with sulfuryl chloride in chloroform. The reaction of androst-5-ene-3, 17-dione (IX) with sulfuryl chloride in pyridine gave 6α-chloroandrost-4-ene-3, 17-dione (X), whereas the same reaction on pregn-5-ene-3, 20-dione (V) afforded the corresponding 5α, 6β-dichloro compound (IIIa). Some transformations of compounds above-mentioned were also written.
