A method for preparing methyl esters of 12-oxoolean-28-oic and 3,12-dioxoolean-28-oic acids via ozonolysis of oleanolic acid methyl ester in CH2Cl2 at –60°C was proposed. It was found that oxidation of 2-cyano3,4-seco-4(23)-oleanenoic acid was chemoselective depending on the amount of ozone used.
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The work was supported financially partly by the RFBR (Project No. 09-03-00831). N. I. Medvedeva is grateful to the Visegrad Fund for financial support (Grant No. 977085).
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Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 336–338, May–June, 2010.
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Kazakova, O.B., Medvedeva, N.I., Kukovinets, O.S. et al. Chemoselective oxidation of oleanolic acid derivatives with ozone. Chem Nat Compd 46, 397–399 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-010-9627-0
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