A NOVEL AND PRACTICAL ROUTE TO A-RING ENYNE SYNTHON FOR 1-ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 ANALOGS - SYNTHESIS OF A-RING DIASTEREOMERS OF 1-ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 AND 2-METHYL-1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3
K. Konno et al., A NOVEL AND PRACTICAL ROUTE TO A-RING ENYNE SYNTHON FOR 1-ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 ANALOGS - SYNTHESIS OF A-RING DIASTEREOMERS OF 1-ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3 AND 2-METHYL-1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D-3, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 8(2), 1998, pp. 151-156
A novel and practical route to the A-ring enyne synthon (2), which can
be versatile for a variety of A-ring analogs of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyv
itamin D-3 (1), was developed. This novel method led to an improved sy
nthesis of the A-ring diastereomers of 1, the compounds 13-15, and syn
thesis of the new analogs, 2-methyl-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 (4) with
its all possible diastereomers. The biological evaluation of the 2-me
thyl analogs showed the alpha alpha beta-isomer to be more potent than
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