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Formal synthesis of squalamine from desmosterol
Okumura, Kazuo,Nakamura, Yutaka,Takeuchi, Seiji,Kato, Isao,Fujimoto, Yoshinori,Ikekawa, Nobuo
, p. 1177 - 1182 (2007/10/03)
The key intermediate to squalamine, (5α, 7α, 24R)-7,24-dihydroxy-cholestan-3-one, was synthesized from the 3-O-acetyl-24R,25-dihydroxy derivative of desmosterol via 10 steps in 16% overall yield and squalamine was also prepared via two further steps in 7.
