@article {483,
	title = {Studies toward the synthesis of contignasterol: Functionalization of the steroidal A,B ring system},
	journal = {Synthetic Communications},
	volume = {32},
	number = {19},
	year = {2002},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 595TJTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 12},
	pages = {2991-3002},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The synthesis of androstane-3alpha,4beta,6alpha,7beta-tetrol-17-one (2), a potentially key intermediate for the preparation of contignasterol (1), was achieved by functionalization of the A,B-ring portion or the readily available androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (3).},
	keywords = {EPOXIDATION, lithium, ring opening, stereoselective reduction, steroid},
	isbn = {0039-7911},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000178124600011},
	author = {Rogers, C. and Shen, Y. P. and Burgoyne, D. and Piers, E.}
}
