Process for the preparation of 5.alpha.-reductase inhibitors
CA 2427709 A1 · Owner: Millar, Alan · Inventors: Sterbenz, Jeffrey Thomas; Millar, Alan; Davis, Roman
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An improved process for preparing steroids such as 3-oxo-4-azasteroids, is , described. Compounds of this type are known to be useful in the preparation of compounds having 5a-reductase inhibitor activity. The process comprises the hydrogenation of the corresponding steroid alkene in the presence of ammonium acetate, ammonium formate, and/or ammonium propionate and an appropriate catalyst.
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- Filed November 2, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 2, 2021.
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