The epoxidation of some androsta-4,6-dienes with m-chloroperbenzoic acid has been shown to give the 4β, 5β; 6α, 7α-diepoxides, the stereochemistry can be rationalized in terms of the directing effect of one epoxide on the facial selectivity of the second epoxidation.
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