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Design and Synthesis of a 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Dimer as a Potential Chemical Inducer of Vitamin D Receptor Dimerization
journal contribution
posted on 1999-09-10, 00:00 authored by José Pérez Sestelo, Antonio Mouriño, Luis A. SarandesesA dimer comprising two 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 units linked by an alkyl side chain at C-11 was synthesized with a view to the simultaneous
binding of two vitamin D receptor (VDR) molecules and the consequent induction of VDR dimerization. The short, convergent synthesis uses
a stereoselective cuprate addition to introduce the linking side chain and a key ruthenium olefin metathesis as the dimerization step.