Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement
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Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement
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The Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement is a classic organic reaction in organic chemistry describing a rearrangement reaction of cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol diacetate with acetic anhydride and sulfuric acid. In this reaction one equivalent of water is lost, a double bond is formed at C10–C11 and importantly the methyl group at the C10 position migrates to the C5 position. The reaction is first-order in steroid in the presence of an excess of sulfuric acid and the first reaction step in the reaction m
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