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Studies on Organic Fluorine Compounds. Part 37. Studies on Steroids. Part 78. Synthesis of 24,24-Difluoro- and 24ξ-Fluoro-25-hydroxyvitamin D3
Kobayashi, Yoshiro,Taguchi, Takeo,Terada, Tadafumi,Oshida, Jun-ichi,Morisaki, Masuo,Ikekawa, Nobuo
, p. 85 - 92 (2007/10/02)
To clarify the physiological significance of C-24 hydroxylation in vitamin D3 metabolism , vitamin D3 compounds blocked at C-24 by fluorine substituents, namely 24,24-difluoro-25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (1) and 24ξ-fluoro-25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (2) have been synthesized from 3β-hydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid (13).
