Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 19, 501-504, Copyright © 1978 by Lipid Research, Inc.
A convenient synthesis of 3-keto bile acids by selective oxidation of bile acids with silver carbonate-Celite
KY Tserng
A number of 3-keto bile acids were synthesized by the selective oxidation
of bile acid methyl esters with silver carbonate-Celite in refluxing
toluene. The pure 3-keto bile acids were isolated simply by filtering the
reaction mixture and concentrating the filtrate. The relation of the bile
acid structure to the oxidation rate is also discussed.