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Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement

Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement

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.

Westphalen–Lettré rearrangement

The reaction is first-order in steroid in the presence of an excess of sulfuric acid and the first reaction step in the reaction mechanism is likely the formation of a sulfate ester followed by that of a carbocation at C5 after which the actual re-arrangement takes place.

References

References

  1. [[Theodor Westphalen]], [[Chemische Berichte. Ber.]], 48, 1064 ('''1915''') {{doi. 10.1002/cber.191504801149
  2. H. Lettré and I. Muller, [[Chemische Berichte. Ber.]], 70, 1947 ('''1937''') {{doi. 10.1002/cber.19370700918
  3. ''Rearranged Steroid Systems. I. Studies in the Pregnane Series'' O. R. RODIG, P. BROWN, and P. ZAFFARONI ''[[J. Org. Chem.]]'' '''1961''', ''26(7)'', 2431–2435. ({{doi. 10.1021/jo01351a066)
  4. ''Acid catalysed reactions of 5α-hydroxy-steroids—III : The westphalen rearrangement''Tetrahedron, Volume 21, Issue 6, 1965, Pages 1567–1580 J. W. Blunt, A. Fischer, M. P. Hartshorn, F. W. Jones, Kirk D. N. and S. W. Yoong ({{doi. 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)98321-8)
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