Nitroalkenes and 6-nitro-Delta(5)-steroids have been converted regioselectively and in good yields into carbonyl compounds and 6-oxo steroids, respectively, by the SnCl2 . 2H(2)O-Mg-H2O system in tetrahydrofuran.
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