“…The solution was flushed with argon, stirred, and irradiated with a low-pressure mercury lamp (2.5 W Hanau) for 3.0 h. The reaction was monitored by analytical LC. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo to give a solid which upon recrystallization from ethyl acetate gave lumiprednisone (2a, 0.473 g, 47%): mp 225-226 °C dec; [a]D -88°( c 1.22); UV (ethanol) Xmax 265 nm (t 1870) and 215 (4480); IR 1710 (C=0), 1680 (C=0), 1570 (C=C), 1442 (-CH3), and 1049 cm-1 (cyclopropyl); NMR 7.26 (d, J = 6 Hz, 1, H-4), 5.87 (d,7 = 6 Hz, 1, H-3), 5.40 (s, 1, exchanges with D20, -OH), 4.9-4.1 (complex, 3, exchanges with D20 giving an AB quartet at 4.22, 2,7=19.5 Hz, = 43 Hz, H-21), 1.79 (s, I, -1), 1.16 (s, 3, -19), 0.53 (s, 3, -18), 3.1 -1.2 (complex); MS m/e (rel intensity) 358 (2, M+), 340 (2), 328 (2), 298 (3), 255 (2), 187 (4), 186 (2)..... 97 (3), 96 (2), 94 (2), 93 (3), 92 (2), 91 (9).…”