Requ le 12 dicembre 1968Trait6 dans les conditions de Ruschig [(I) hypochlorite de sodium; (2) methanolate de sodium dans le mCthanol], le cyclo-l8(N) amino-17P androstane-5a, 5, conduit a un produit transpose le cyclo-l8(N) mCthoxy-175 aza-17a D-homo androstane-5a, 7. La structure de ce composC a Ct C prouvee chimiquement : l'hydrog6nolyse de 7, suivie d'une formylation conduit au N-formyl aza-17a D-homo androstane-5a, 9, prCpare independamment a partir de l'androstane-5a 01-17P. Les spectres infrarouges, de resonance magnktique nucleaire et de masse sont interprttes et des transpositions apparentees sont britvement passees en revue.Treatment of 18(N)-cyclo-17~-amino-5a-androstane, 5 under Ruschig conditions [(I) sodium hypochlorite; (2) sodium methoxide in methanol] gave the rearranged 18(N)-cyclo-l7~-methoxy-l7a-aza-~-homo-5a-androstane, 7. The structure of this compound has been proved chemically: hydrogenolysis of 7, followed by formylation, gave N-forrnyl-17a-aza-D-homo-5a-androstane, 9 prepared independently from 5a-androstan-17P-01. Infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectra are discussed and related rearrangements are briefly reviewed.