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Calciferol and its Relatives. Part 27. A Synthesis of 1α-Hydroxyvitamin D3 by way of 1α-Hydroxytachysterol3
Kocienski, Philip J.,Lythgoe, Basil
, p. 1400 - 1404 (2007/10/02)
A new synthesis of 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3 is described.The bis-t-butyldimethylsilyl ether (17) of (3S,5R)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-methylcyclohex-1-enecarbaldehyde and 8-p-tolylsulphonylmethyl-des-AB-cholest-8-ene (4) were combined to give mixed benzoyloxysulphones which, on reductive elimination with sodium amalgam, gave the corresponding bis-ether of 1α-hydroxytachysterol3.This was isomerised photochemically to the bis-ether of 1α-hydroxyprecalciferol3, and then thermally to give the bis-ether of 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3.Removal of protecting groups gave 1α-hydroxyvitamin D3 (21) in 62percent yield from the sulphone (4), or 12.8percent overall from cholesterol.
