(c) Consider the steroid androstane provided below: 3 10 CH3 11 11 H 13 7 H CH3 (i) Draw out the full structure of androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol (ii) Provide a synthetic strategy (including reagents) to access 11ẞ-acetoxyandrostan- 3ẞ-ol from androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol. (iii) Predict which alcohol group of androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol would oxidise faster to provide the corresponding ketone and explain why.
(c) Consider the steroid androstane provided below: 3 10 CH3 11 11 H 13 7 H CH3 (i) Draw out the full structure of androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol (ii) Provide a synthetic strategy (including reagents) to access 11ẞ-acetoxyandrostan- 3ẞ-ol from androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol. (iii) Predict which alcohol group of androstane-3ẞ,11ẞ-diol would oxidise faster to provide the corresponding ketone and explain why.
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