Journal of the American Chemical Society

Carcinogenic Hydrocarbons. II. Ethylcholanthrene1

WF Bruce, SJ Kahn

Index: Bruce; Kahn Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1938 , vol. 60, p. 1017

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Abstract

Since the study of homologous series has proved valuable for investigating a variety of physiologically active substances, 2 the preparation of a few members of the series which begins with cholanthrene and its 20-methyl derivative has been undertaken. The preparation of the 20-ethyl derivative (I) was accomplished in 1936, 3 but modifications in the general synthesis of Fieser and Seligman4 introduced some unexpected ...