Synthesis of Silica-anchored Sensitizer and its Application in the Preparation of Previtamin D3 from Tachysterol

A silica gel-anchored photosensitizer was synthesized with anthracene as sensitizer moiety. The photoisomerization of tachysterol to previtamin D3 was carried out with this heterogeneous photosensitizer in ethanol. The experiment results demonstrate that this solid phase photosensitizer is efficient for the photoisomerization and can be simply separated from the reaction mixture by filtration.     

Synthesis of Polymer-bound Sensitizers and their Applications in the Preparation of Previtamin D3 from Tachysterol

Two kinds of polymer-bound photosensitizers were synthesized, in which anthracene acts as sensitizer moiety,polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methylacrylate) (PMMA) serve as solid phase supports, respectively. The photoisomerization of tachysterol to previtamin D3 was carried out with these polymer-bound photosensitizers in ethanol and toluene solutions. The experiment results demonstrate that these solid phase photosensitizers are efficient for the photoisomerization with good recycle property and can be simply separated from the reaction mixtures by filtration.