Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Takada 3-41-8, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
Abstract:
A new synthesis of desmosterol was described using hyodeoxycholic acid (3,6-dihydroxy-5β-cholanic acid) as a starting material. Epidesmosterol (3-hydroxycholesta-5,24-diene) was also synthesized for the first time from the same starting material.