Xy. Zhao et al., SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME 25,26-EPOXY-1-ALPHA,24-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN-D3 ANALOGS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(9), 1993, pp. 1863-1867
The synthesis of all stereoisomeric 25,26-epoxy-1alpha,24-dihydroxyvit
amin D3 analogues is described and relies on the Sharpless kinetic res
olution of secondary alcohols. It further includes the Julia procedure
for side chain construction and the Lythgoe A-ring coupling procedure
. Biological evaluation includes the study of calcemic effect, recepto
r binding and cell differentiation.