- The hydroxylation of some 13α-methylsteroids by Cephalosporium aphidicola
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The Fungus, Cephalosporium aphidicola, has been shown to hydroxylate 5α,13α-androstan-3,17-dione and the 3β-alcohol at the C-1α and C-7α positions, whereas the corresponding compounds in the normal 13β-methyl series are hydroxylated at the C-11α and C-14α positions. Both series were hydroxylated at the 5α position. There was some epimerization of the axial 3α-alcohols to the equatorial 3β-epimers.
- Boynton, Juliette,Hanson, James R.,Hunter, A. Christy
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p. 951 - 956
(2007/10/03)
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