“…The BODIPY label was attached to steroids 8a,b through the amidation of the terminal carboxylic group with amine 9d (Scheme 2). Last synthetic step in the preparation of the target compounds 1a,b was accomplished according to the well established in chemistry of BS protocol [32]. Sharpless dihydroxylation of 22 -olefins 10a,b in the presence of (DHQD) 2 AQN as a chiral catalyst led to the formation of 22R,23R-diols 1a,b.…”