Efficient Conversion of Tomatidine into Neuritogenic Pregnane Derivative

Sayaka Matsushita, Yoshihiro Yanai, Asami Fusyuku, Yukio Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Masateru Ono, Chunguang Han, Makoto Ojika, Toshihiro Nohara
2007 Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin  
Moderate acetylation of tomatidine with anhydrous acetic acid and pyridine for 20 h at r.t., followed by pseudomerization in ice-water, gave a d d 20(22) -pseudo compound, which was then subjected to ozonolysis to provide a pregnane derivative in a total 54% yield showing neuritogenic and NGF-enhancing activities.
doi:10.1248/cpb.55.1077 pmid:17603206 fatcat:2avdfx2ltzdrbik6svta4q7ya4