Tetrahedron Letters

A stereoselective synthesis of the allo-bile acids from the 5β-isomers

Q Li, GP Tochtrop

Index: Li, Qingjiang; Tochtrop, Gregory P. Tetrahedron Letters, 2011 , vol. 52, # 32 p. 4137 - 4139

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Abstract

Abstract The allo-bile acids are a subset of the family of steroidal detergents found in most vertebrates. Because there are no major biological feedstocks for isolation of the allo-bile acids, they must be synthesized from the abundant 5β-reduced isomers. Here we report a