Department of Organic Chemistry of the State University, Croesestraat 79, 3522 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands;Analytical R & D Labs, Organon Scientific Development Group, 5340 BH OSS, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Epimestranol () is obtained in 80% yield from mestranol () by converting into its methanesulfonate and treating with silver(I) nitrate in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and water.