T. Hanazawa et al., Efficient and practical synthesis of the A-ring precursor of 19-nor-1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 and its C-13, or H-2-labeled derivative, ORG LETT, 3(14), 2001, pp. 2205-2207
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The A-ring precursor of 19-nor-1 alpha ,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 (1) and its
C-13- or H-2-labeled derivative were efficiently synthesized from readily
available, optically active 5-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-2-cyclohexenone
(2) through a five step reaction in 68% overall yield.