JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH-S, sa.3, ss.126-127, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
Deuterium labelling studies have shown that the facile elimination of the 5 beta-hydroxy group observed in the course of hydroboration of a 5 beta-hydroxyandrost-3-ene may involve a trans diaxial borane-borinate elimination coupled with a syn transfer of hydrogen from the borinate.