- Facial amphiphiles and methods of use
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The invention provides amphiphilic compounds with hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces. The compounds can be readily prepared from steroids such as cholic acid or deoxycholic acid, which provide hydrophobic skeletons with structures similar to that of the li
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- Rapid hydrogenation of unsaturated sterols and bile alcohols using microwaves
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This paper describes an operationally simple, rapid hydrogenation of unsaturated sterols and bile alcohols in a domestic microwave oven. This has been achieved by the addition of catalytic amounts of Pd/C in methylene chloride/propylene glycol solvents in the presence of ammonium formate followed by microwave irradiation. It is suggested that this methodology will be helpful in the identification of saturated and unsaturated sterols with different side-chain structures in rare diseases: sitosterolemia, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), as well as atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus. Sterols, such as cholesterol, campesterol, sitosterol, and bile alcohols with unsaturated side chains, were converted to their reduced congeners with high yield and purity.
- Dayal,Ertel,Rapole,Asgaonkar,Salen
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p. 451 - 454
(2007/10/03)
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