7-dehydrocholesterol-hemimethanolate
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- DSM IP ASSETS BV
- Publication Date
- 2021-06-22
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Abstract
Description
technical field
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of 7-dehydrocholesterol. Background technique
[0002] 7-Dehydrocholesterol is a key intermediate used in the synthesis of cholecalciferol (=vitamin D3).
[0003] However, 7-dehydrocholesterol has limited storage stability and degrades during prolonged storage. Contents of the invention
[0004] Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to increase the storage stability of 7-dehydrocholesterol, or to reduce the degradation of 7-dehydrocholesterol during storage. Surprisingly, it has been found that 7-dehydrocholesterol-hemimethanol exhibits polymorphism. 7-Dehydrocholesterol-hemicarbinolate offers a solution to this problem. 7-Dehydrocholesterol-hemimethanol can be readily formed from 7-dehydrocholesterol. Furthermore, 7-dehydrocholesterol can be easily regenerated in high yield from 7-dehydrocholesterol-hemimethanolate. It has been found that 7-dehydrocholesterol-hemimethanol exhi...