JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH-S, sa.5, ss.304-305, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)
The exo facial selectivity in the hydroboration of 2-, 3- and 4-methylene-5 alpha-androstanes is rationalized in terms of the easier steric access and a hyperconjugative interaction of the alkene with the adjacent axial C-H bonds enhancing the electron density on one face of the alkene.