Process for the preparation of 4-amino-.DELTA.4-3-ketosteroids via 4-nitro-.DELTA.4-3-ketosteroids

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PATENT NO 5990328
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09256353

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The present invention provides 4-nitro-.DELTA..sup.4 -3-ketosteroids, their use as steroid C.sub.17-20 lyase and 5.alpha.-reductase inhibitors and to a novel process for preparing a compound of the formula: ##STR1## comprising sequentially: a) reacting a starting compound of the formula ##STR2## with an effective amount of a strong base at an elevated or suitable temperature for a time sufficient to create the corresponding thermodynamic dienolate, followed by addition of a neutral nitrating agent to produce the 4-nitrosteroid; and then; b) reacting the 4-nitrosteroid with a suitable reducing agent.

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MERRELL PHARMACEUTICALS INCCINCINNATI OHIO 45215

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Angelastro, Michael R Mason, OH 22 215
Curran, Timothy Thomas Chester, NY 7 9
Flynn, Gary Alan Tucson, AZ 4 0
Gates, Cynthia A Fairfield, OH 11 32
King, Chi-Hsin Richard Taipei, TW 37 319
Weintraub, Philip M Cincinnati, OH 18 70

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