“…These authors found that on cathodic reduction 3α-derivatives gave a dimer, 6β,6β‘-dinitro-3α,3α‘-cholesta 4,4‘-dimer, as the major product via a one-electron process. The synthesis and antileukemic activity of two androstane moieties linked by 5-fluorouracil has been described by Volovelskii and co-workers . Both the 5α- and 5β-isomers of 3-oxoandrostan-17-ol ( 19 and 53 ) are syn dimerized to symmetrical N -methylpyrroles ( 51 and 54 ) in a Fisher-type reaction by treatment with N , N ‘-dimethylhydrazine in the presence of a weak acid catalyst (Scheme ) …”