US 4,062,880 A · 9.alpha.-Hydroxy-bis-nor-cholanic acid

Abstract

The novel compound 9.alpha.-hydroxy-3-ketobisnorchol-4-en-22-oic, hereinafter referred to as 9.alpha.-OH BN acid. This compound is producible in a fermentation using the microorganism Mycobacterium fortuitum, NRRL B-8119. 9.alpha.-OH BN acid can be used as an intermediate to make useful steroids.

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Dependent claims

The compound 9.alpha.-hydroxy-3-ketobisnorchol-4-en-22-oic, in its essentially pure form, having the formula:

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

05/761,059Filed 21 Jan 1977 · division

Priority

26 Mar 1976

Granted

13 Dec 1977

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

C07J 9/005
Normal steroids containing carbon, hydrogen, halogen or oxygen substituted in position 17 beta by a chain of more than two carbon atoms, e.g.…:…
C07J 1/0011
Androstane derivatives: substituted in position 17 by a keto group
C12P 33/00
Preparation of steroids
Y10S 435/868
Micromonospora: micromonospora chalcea

9.alpha.-Hydroxy-bis-nor-cholanic acid

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9.alpha.-Hydroxy-bis-nor-cholanic acid

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