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ChemInform Abstract: An Alternative Synthesis of 4,4-Dimethyl-5α-cholesta-8,14,24-trien-3β-ol, an Intermediate in Sterol Biosynthesis and a Reported Activator of Meiosis and of Nuclear Orphan Receptor LXRα.

✍ Scribed by B. RUAN; W. K. WILSON; G. J. JUN. SCHROEPFER


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Weight
38 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-7597

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An Alternative Synthesis of 4,4-Dimethyl-5α-cholesta-8,14,24-trien-3β-ol, an Intermediate in Sterol Biosynthesis and a Reported Activator of Meiosis and of Nuclear Orphan Receptor LXRα.

-The title compound (V) is synthesized by a simple six-step procedure. A key step in this synthesis is the highly efficient and specific oxidation of the saturated side chain of (I). -(RUAN, B.;