Methods for improved production of vitamins D2 and D3
US10336694B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C2602/24
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide methods for producing vitamin D that gives improved yields and reduced side product contamination. In various aspects, these methods provide for production of vitamin-D2 using ergosterol as provitamin D2 or a dihydroxy derivative thereof as a starting material, or production of vitamin-D3 using 7-dehydrocholesterol as provitamin D3 or a dihydroxy derivative thereof as the starting material. The methods described herein comprise irradiating the starting material in a solution including an organic or inorganic base with light in the wavelength range 245-360 nanometers (nm) to obtain a product containing pre-vitamin-D2 or pre-vitamin-D3, and heating the product to convert the resulting pre-vitamin-D2 or pre-vitamin-D3 to vitamin D2 or vitamin D3. In various embodiments, these methods further comprise recovering vitamin D2 or vitamin D3 from this reaction as a purified product.
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