PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF INDENE DERIVATIVE, AND INTERMEDIATE FOR PRODUCTION OF THE DERIVATIVE

摘要

Indene derivatives that are utilizable as intermediates in the synthesis of the vitamin D 2 derivative paricalcitol, which is useful as pharmaceutical are efficiently prepared by subjecting a vitamin D 2 derivative such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D 2 to a two-steps oxidation reaction using an oxidizing agent such as potassium permanganates and sodium periodate in a suitable solvent such as methanol and ethanol.