Über das Solanidin

The Chemistry of the Steroids

“…Oxidation of solanidine acetate (CXXXI) with chromic acid yielded 7-ketosolanidine acetate (CXXXIV). This compound by a series of reactions corresponding to the transformation of cholesterol into 7-dehydrocholesterol could be converted into 7 -dehydrosolanidine benzoate (CXXXIX) possessing the same ultraviolet absorption spectrum as ergosterol (148). The saturated solanidane-3 ( �) -01 (CXXXII) (3) can be dehydrogenated to solanidanone (CXXXIII) by the Oppenauer procedure (146,147) .…”