Patent ID: 6100294
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A61P,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
An isolated 3-epi form of a 1.alpha.-hydroxy-vitamin D3 compound having formula II as follows: ##STR8## wherein A.sub.1 is a single, a double, or a triple bond; A.sub.2, A.sub.3 and A4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a single or a double bond; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.7, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a deuterium, a deuteroalkyl, a hydroxy, an alkyl, an alkoxide, an O-acyl, a halogen, a haloalkyl, a hydroxyalkyl, an amine or a thiol group, and wherein the pairs of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.7 taken together are an oxygen atom; and R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a deuterium, a halogen, an alkyl, a hydroxyalkyl, a haloalkyl, and a deuteroalkyl.