Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions in Steroid Synthesis

Pincer and Diamine Ru and Os Diphosphane Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for the Dehydrogenation of Alcohols to Ketones

“…[21] In the middle of the 1990s Bäckvall et al reported the oxidation of sterols by using acetone as oxidant through a hydrogen-transfer reaction, catalyzed by [RuCl 2 -…”

Transition‐Metal‐Mediated or ‐Catalyzed Syntheses of Steroids and Steroid‐Like Compounds

“…The use of transition metal methodologies in steroid chemistry was previously reviewed in 2003 [17] by Skoda-Földes and Kollar (approaches based on other methodologies were also reviewed [18,19] ), so attention here is devoted to developments thereafter and to methods that were not mentioned. The review is divided into two sections: the first part describes different methodologies leading to the construction of various compounds with steroid and steroid-like skeletons and their derivatives, and the second is devoted to concrete syntheses of specific steroid compounds.…”

Synthesis of an (±)‐Estrone Precursor: The Scope of Zr‐ and Co‐Mediated Cycloannulations

“…[31] Interestingly, despite its synthetic scope it has found just one application in the synthesis of steroids: [32] cyclocarbonylation of steroidal enynes having different spatial arrangement of the double and triple bonds in comparison with 5b. [33] The Pauson-Khand reaction of prepared enynes 5 was studied under various reaction conditions ( Table 1).…”