文摘
Stereoselective synthesis of (22Z)-isomer of Paricalcitol, an analog of 1,25-dihydroxyergocalciferol, an active form of vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) has been described. The two key critical synthetic steps involved are Julia–Lythgoe’s Wittig–Horner coupling of aldehyde functionality of CD-ring system with benzothiazolyl sulfone, and Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction of phosphine oxide with a Windaus–Grundmann’s ketone to build a diene motif between the A and CD-ring system of Paricalcitol.