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HRID 591874Generated: October 25, 2026

Sodium borohydride → Obeticholic Acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantSodium borohydrideHCID 4311764—
Reactant(R)-4-((3R,5S,6R,8S,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-6-ethyl-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-7-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)pentanoic acidHCID 67102585—
ProductObeticholic AcidHCID 447715—

Reaction Steps

reacting 3α-hydroxy-6α-ethyl-7-keto-5β-cholan-24-oic acid (6) with NaBH4 to form crystalline obeticholic acid, and converting crystalline obeticholic acid to obeticholic acid Form 1.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09238673B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2016_01
ORD IDord-d741f03aeb954fd68a184097bb4f45b7
Source noteuspto-grants-2016_01