3-Aminoestrogens are promising estrogen drugs. Traditional synthesis of the estrogens used estrone as a raw material, however, was not suitable for diversity-oriented synthesis. Herein, an efficient synthesis of 6-substitued-3-aminoestrogens from easily available 19-hydroxy-androst-4-ene-3,17-dione via a tandem retro-aldol aromatization/intermolecular nucleophilic addition is presented. The method featured easily available reagents, simple operation and introduction of two substituents in one step.
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