Facile and efficient synthesis of 3β-hydroxy-eupholanost-8-en-24-one

Abstract

The epoxidation of the natural product α-euphol followed by cleavage of the obtained epoxide with BF3-etherate, provides 3β-hydroxy-eupholanost-8-en-24-one in satisfactory overall yield.

Keywords

• α-euphol
• 3β-hydroxy-eupholanost-8-en-24-one
• epoxide cleavage