Unlike other acidic systems, the tetracyanoethylene catalysed methanolysis of androstane 2,3-epoxides proceeds normally without giving products arising from the transannular participation of a 5α,6α-epoxide, a 5α-hydroxy group or a 5(6)-ene.
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