| Literature DB >> 19115840 |
Qi Sun1, Sutang Cai, Blake R Peterson.
Abstract
Derivatives of 3beta-amino-5-cholestene (3beta-cholesterylamine) are of substantial interest as cellular probes and have potential medicinal applications. However, existing syntheses of 3beta-amino-5-cholestene are of limited preparative utility. We report here a practical method for the stereoselective preparation of 3beta-amino-5-cholestene, 3beta-chloro-5-cholestene, 3beta-bromo-5-cholestene, and 3beta-iodo-5-cholestene from inexpensive cholesterol. A sequential i-steroid/retro-i-steroid rearrangement promoted by boron trifluoride etherate and trimethylsilyl azide converted cholest-5-en-3beta-ol methanesulfonate to 3beta-azido-cholest-5-ene with retention of configuration in 93% yield.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19115840 PMCID: PMC2651230 DOI: 10.1021/ol802343z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005