An efficient synthesis of 7α, 12α-dihydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one and its biological precursor 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one: Key intermediates in bile acid …
…, B Zhou, Y Kimoto, K Omura, A Kobayashi, T Higashi…
Abstract This paper describes a method for the chemical synthesis of 7α, 12α-dihydroxy-4- cholesten-3-one (1a) and its biological precursor, 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (1b), both of which are key intermediates in the major pathway of bile acid biosynthesis from cholesterol. The principal reactions involved were (1) building of the cholesterol (iso-octane) side chain by 3-carbon elongation of the cholane (iso-pentane) one,(2) oxidation ...