Steroids. IV. Revised Structure for the Product from 3β-Acetoxycholest-5-ene with Nitrous Acid

Abstract

The compound (4), which was obtained from 3β-acetoxycholest-5-ene with nitrous acid and was assigned 6-acetoximino-3β-acetoxycholestan-5α-ol nitrite (2), is revised as 3β, 5α-diacetoxy-6-nitriminocholestane on the basis of its chemical behaviors and eventually by identification with the compound prepared from 3β-acetoxy-6-hydroximinocholestan-5α-ol (14) via two steps.