Pl. Anelli et al., ONE-POT MITSUNOBU-STAUDINGER PREPARATION OF 3-AMINOCHOLAN-24-OIC ACID-ESTERS FROM 3-HYDROXYCHOLAN-24-OIC ACID-ESTERS, Synthetic communications, 28(1), 1998, pp. 109-117
3-Hydroxycholan-24-oic acid esters are easily converted into the corre
sponding 3-amino derivatives via Mitsunobu reaction with diphenylphosp
horyl azide (DPPA) and Staudinger reduction with PPh3/H2O of the inter
mediate azido compound in THF.