Recent syntheses of steroidal derivatives containing heterocycles

Abstract

It was found that the introduction of a heterocycle or replacement by a heteroatom of one or more carbon atoms in the steroidal moiety could have a significant biological impact, and there has been much progress in the field of steroidal derivatives since. Recent developments in the syntheses of steroidal derivatives containing heterocycles are described herein.

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