The present invention provides an
estetrol synthesis process, and relates to the technical field of
steroid compound synthesis processes, and the method comprises the following steps: taking
estrone as an initial
raw material, firstly carrying out 3-site hydroxyl protection, and then carrying out an oxidative
dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of a
metal catalyst and in an
oxygen atmosphere to prepare a key intermediate
ketene, then 17-site
carbonyl reduction, 17-site hydroxyl protection, 15, 16-site
double bond dihydroxylation, 3-site
protecting group removal and
hydrolysis reaction are sequentially carried out, and finally the target product
estetrol is obtained. The method adopts
metal catalysis to directly oxidize to construct cycloenone, effectively avoids the problem of poor stability of partial intermediates in the prior art, has the advantages of simple process, short reaction steps, greenness,
environmental protection and the like, and is suitable for industrial production.