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Selective Oxidation of Triterpene Alcohols by Sodium Hypochlorite

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3-Oxo-triterpenoids were prepared by oxidation of the methyl esters of glycyrrhetic acid, allobetulin, and 20-oxo-29-nor-betulin with sodium hypochlorite in acetic acid or methylene chloride under phase-transfer conditions.

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054, Ufa, pr. Oktyabrya, 71

    O. B. Flekhter, O. Yu. Ashavina, I. E. Smirnova, L. A. Baltina, F. Z. Galin & N. N. Kabal'nova

  2. N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, pr. Akad. Lavren'teva, 9

    G. A. Tolstikov

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Flekhter, O.B., Ashavina, O.Y., Smirnova, I.E. et al. Selective Oxidation of Triterpene Alcohols by Sodium Hypochlorite. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 40, 141–143 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CONC.0000033930.76751.b7

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