Teijin Limited

Toru Takeshita

Hideki Tsuruta

Kenji Ishimaru

Osamu Nishikawa

Sachio Ishimoto

Hiroyuki Kawashima

Kiyoshi Bannai

Itaru Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Hashimoto

Tatsuyuki Naruchi

Akira Ohtsu

Kenji Hoshina

Jun-ichi Oshida

Masuo Morisaki

Nobuo Ikekawa

Takao Niki

The present invention relates to novel vitamin D.sub.3 derivatives which have a carboxyl group or its ester group at the 22-position, processes for the preparation thereof, and antigens, which comprise said vitamin D.sub.3 derivative and an immunogenic carrier material, to be used for the preparation of antibodies for enzymeimmunoassay or radioimmunoassay and antibodies obtained therefrom. The determination of such activated vitamin D.sub.3 compounds as 25-hydroxy vitamin D.sub.3, 24, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D.sub.3, etc. can be made satisfactorily according to the present invention.

Vitamin D.sub.3 derivatives, process for preparation thereof, and

A compound represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; X.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group, the alkylene group may be substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the 1,4-phenylene group may be substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from halogen atoms and alkoxy groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together may form an oxo group (.dbd.O), and when X.sup.1 is other than the 1,4-phenylene group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom and R.sup.3 represents a bond between the carbon atoms to which R.sup.3 is bonded and that carbon atom of X.sup.1 which is adjacent to said carbon atom; X.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an amino group; and R.sup.4 represents the group --COOR.sup.5, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.6 or --CONR.sup.7 R.sup.8 in which R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.7 and R are identical or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or taken together may form a 5- or 6-membered ring; or an acid addition salts of said compound wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or X.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having an amino group, or salts of said compound wherein R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom. The compounds represented by the above formula or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful as anti-ulcer agents. The present invention also provides a process for producing the compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which comprises acylating a protected derivative at the amino group of a corresponding acid halide with a corresponding substituted benzene in the presence of a Lewis acid; or reducing a corresponding compound in the presence of an inert solvent under conditions which induce reduction of the carbonyl group of said corresponding compound without substantially reducing the phenylene group of said corresponding compound; or dehydrating a corresponding compound.

Aminocarboxylic acids, amino alcohols, or the derivatives thereof,

The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds and their intermediates. In accordance with the present invention, a large amount of an active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds, for example 1.alpha.-hydroxycholecalciferol, 1.alpha.,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and the like, is efficiently prepared with high industrial advantages by a novel processes, which comprises (i) reacting hydroxycholesta-5-enes having the hydroxyl groups protected with lower alkoxycarbonyl group as a starting material with allylic brominating agent and dehydrobrominating agent to prepare the corresponding hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes, (ii) exposing the hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes to ultraviolet irradiation or to a combination of the irradiation with thermal isomerization to obtain a mixture of the unreacted hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes and previtamin D.sub.3 compounds or a mixture of the unreacted hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes and the protected active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds, (iii) separating the mixture into the unreacted hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes and previtamin D.sub.3 compounds or the protected active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds, (iv) recycling the unreacted hydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes as reuse and (v) thermally isomerizing the remaining compounds and/or splitting off the protective groups. The process for the preparation of active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds, in the present invention, is of very high industrial value, capable of carrying out by simple operation and adaptable to large scale commercial production.

Process for the preparation of active-type vitamin D.sub.3 compounds

A process for producing a steroid compound having an oxo group in the side chain, which comprises condensing an acid halide having a steroid skeleton with an organozinc compound at the halocarbonyl group of the acid halide in an inert organic medium in the presence of a catalytic amount of an ether capable of forming a complex with the organozinc compound, and if desired, hydrolyzing the product. The process produces the steroid compound at a high yield, and often at an almost quantitative yield. The steroid compound is an important intermediate for the production of vitamin D.sub.3 analogs such as active forms of vitamin D.sub.3. In one preferred embodiment, an industrially advantageous process from the standpoint of operation is provided.

Process for producing steroid compounds having an oxo group in the side

This invention relates to novel 25-hydroxy-24-oxocholestane derivatives and a process for preparing them. The novel 25-hydroxy-24-oxocholestane derivatives of this invention can easily be converted to 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol or 1.alpha.,24,25-trihydroxycholecalciferol which is known as useful for medicine controlling the calcium metabolism of warm-blooded animals. Moreover, 25-hydroxy-24-oxocholestane derivatives can be converted to novel 25-hydroxy-24-oxocholecalciferol expressed by the following formula ##STR1## and novel 1.alpha.,25-dihydroxy-24-oxocholecalciferol of the formula ##STR2## which are useful for medicine. The new 25-hydroxy-24-oxocholestane derivatives in the present invention are very useful as the intermediates for the synthesis of a variety of active vitamin D.sub.3.

25-Hydroxy-24-oxocholestane derivatives and preparation thereof

Novel 1.alpha.,3.beta.-dihydroxy-24-oxocholesta-5,7-diene and the hydroxyl group-protected derivatives thereof. Said novel 1.alpha.-hydroxy-24-oxovitamin D.sub.3 and said novel intermediates are also useful as the intermediates of 1.alpha.,24-dihydroxyvitamin D.sub.3. 1.alpha.,3.beta.-Dihydroxy-24-oxocholesta-5,7-diene and the hydroxyl group-protected derivatives thereof are prepared from fucosterol via 1.alpha.,3.beta.-diprotected hydroxy-24(24)-ethylenedioxycholest-5-ene. 1.alpha.-hydroxy-24-oxovitamin D.sub.3 is prepared by irradiation with ultraviolet rays to 1.alpha.,3.beta.-dihydroxy-24-oxocholesta-5,7-diene or a hydroxyl group-protected derivatives thereof, isomerization using heat energy, and, when necessary, elimination of the protecting groups.

Novel 1.alpha.-hydroxy-24-oxovitamin D.sub.3, its preparing process and

Novel 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholecalciferol and derivatives thereof which are useful with reduced side-effects for the treatment of abnormal metabolism of calcium and phosphorus caused by liver failure, renal failure, gastrointestinal tract failure and parathyroid failure, and related bone diseases. Preparation of the novel 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholecalciferol and their derivatives starts from 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholesterol prepared by reacting 1.alpha., 2.alpha.-epoxy-24-keto-cholesta-4,6-dien-3-one with an alkali metal and a proton donor in the presence of liquid ammonia or a liquid amine. Reaction of the 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholesterol with an allylic brominating agent, followed by contacting with a dehydrobrominating agent, affords 1.alpha.,3.beta., 24-trihydroxycholesta-5,7-diene derivative, which can then be converted to 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholocalciferol by ultraviolet irradiation in a organic solvent, followed by isomerization. Processes are also provided for separating 1.alpha., 24-dihydroxycholesterol into an (S)-epimer and an (R)-epimer, and also for separating at least one of 1.alpha., 3.beta., 24(S)-and 1.alpha., 3.beta., 24(R)-trihydroxycholesta-5,7-dienes from trihydroxycholesta-4,6-diene.

Novel 1.alpha.,24-dihydroxycholecalciferol compositions, novel

A process for the preparation of desmosterol of which the hydroxyl group at the 3-position is protected, or bis-form derivatives thereof in high purity and with high yields, which comprises reacting 24-hydroxycholesterol of which the hydroxyl group at the 3-position is protected, or bis-form derivatives thereof, with

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Toru Takeshita