

Circular dichroism of the rearranged keto steroids 3 and 4, containing a condensed three and nine-membered ring system, shows that the conformation of the nine-membered ring is the same in solution as in the crystal; reduction of the kto group does not change this situation. CD also indicates that epimerization at C(5) in the pair 7 8 and the pair 11 12 leaves the cyclononanone ring conformation unchanged. © 1982.
| Funding sponsor | Funding number | Acronym |
|---|---|---|
| Verband der Chemischen Industrie | VCI |
G.S. thanks the Deutsche Furschungsgemeinschaft and the Funds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support, and G. T.. The A.-von-Humboldt Foundation for a grant.
Acknowledgements--The authors from Belgrade are grateful to the Serbian Research Fund and to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts for financial support.
Mihailović, M.Lj.; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade,
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