Chenodeoxycholic Acid → Methyl cholate

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A process for preparing chenodeoxycholic acid from cholic acid comprising the steps of: (1) esterification of the acid group of the cholic acid to produce methyl cholate; (2) selective acetylation of the methyl cholate to produce methyl 3,7-diacetyl cholate; (3) mesylation of the methyl 3,7-diacetyl cholate to produce methyl 3,7-diacetyl-12-mesylcholate; (4) dehydromesylation of the methyl 3,7-diacetyl-12-mesylcholate by hexamethylphosphoric triamide in the presence of a weak base to produce methyl 3,7-diacetylchol-11-enate; (5) hydrogenation of the methyl 3,7-diacetylchol-11-enate to produce methyl diacetyl chenodeoxycholate; and (6) saponification of the methyl diacetyl chenodeoxycholate to produce chenodeoxycholic acid.

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