Optical Activities of Two Steroids Containing a Chiral Cyclopentene Ring

John T. Edward, N. E. Lawson, Daphne L'Anglais

Canadian Journal of Chemistry · 1972 · 14 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

The direction of the optical rotation of the steroid 3 can be reconciled with Brewster's rules, if account is taken of "bond fixation", but the direction of the optical rotation of 2 cannot be.

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