1995 Volume 43 Issue 11 Pages 1897-1901
A new fluorinated analog of vitamin D2, 24-epi-26, 26, 26, 27, 27, 27-hexafluoro-1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D2, was efficiently synthesized starting from (R)-4-isopropyl-3-propionyl-2-oxazolidinone with high stereochemical control.In all four physiological test systems, the fluorinated vitamin D2 analog was found to be slightly less active than 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.