Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 17, 478-484, Copyright © 1976 by Lipid Research, Inc.
C26-Analogs of naturally occurring C27 bile alcohols
B Dayal, S Shefer, GS Tint, G Salen and EH Mosbach
C26 Bile of the 24-nor-5beta-cholestane series were prepared starting from
methyl cholate. A Grignard reaction of methyl magnesium iodide with methyl
cholate yielded 24-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha, 7alpha, 12alpha, 25-tetrol
which was dehydrated TO FORM a mixture of 24-nor-
5beta-cholest-23-ene-3alpha, 7alpha, 12 alpha-triol and the corresponding
delta25 compound. Oxidation of the former with OsO4 yielded
24-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha, 7alpha, 12alpha, 23epsilon, 25pentol, while
catalytic hydrogenation of a mixture of the delta23 and delta25 triols
resulted in the formation of 24-nor-5beta-cholestane-3- alpha-,
7alpha-12alpha-triol. The structures of these new compounds were confirmed
by infrared and nuclear megnetic resonance spectrometry and by gas-liquid
chromatography-mass spectrometry.