The aromatization of some 3-substituted 5 ,6 -epoxysteroids.
@article{Ogilvie1972TheAO, title={The aromatization of some 3-substituted 5 ,6 -epoxysteroids.}, author={A. Ogilvie and J. Hanson}, journal={Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions 1}, year={1972}, volume={16}, pages={ 1981-3 } }
4-Methyloestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one and small amounts of androst-4-ene-6,17-dione and a 17-oxoanthrasteroid are formed when 3-substituted 5α,6α-epoxyandrostan-17-ones are treated with hydrobromic acid in glacial acetic acid.