“…Therefore, in this investigation, four azetidine-steroid derivatives were synthesized to evaluate their inotropic activity using a heart failure model. The first stage was achieved via preparation of an ether-steroid derivative (figure 1); it is important to mention that there are several methods for the preparation of ether groups which involve a series of reagents such as Me3SiCN, [25] K2CO3/acetone, [26] tetrahydrofuranlithium-aluminum hydride, [27] Me3SiCl, [28] K3PO4-DMF, [29] ethyl cinnamate [30] and others. In this investigation, an ether-steroid derivative (2) was prepared from estrone and p-nitrobenzoyl azide in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide.…”