Irradiation of 5p-cholest-1 -en-3-one oxime 14 in methanol gave 1 a-methoxy-5P-cholestan-3-one oxime 16, arising from the photoaddition of methanol to the double bond of the enone oxime. l a -Methoxy-5P-cholestan-3-one 17 as well as 1 O~-methoxy-5(1031 )abeo-1 p( H),5P,1 O X ( Me)cholestan-3-one 15, arising from a skeletal rearrangement of 5P-cholest-1 -en-3-one (generated from the oxime), were the accompanying products in this photoreaction. Deuterium-labelling studies confirmed that the formation of 1 ~-methoxy-5~-cholestan-3-oxime 16 involves a stereospecific syn addition of methanol to the photogenerated, twisted, ground-state double bond of the oximes 6 from the rear side of the steroidal framework.Paper 2/02455A
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