From fatty acids, the most fundamental biological lipid, glycerolipids, phospholipids, and sphingolipids, to lipoproteins and steroid molecules such as cholesterol, oxysterols, vitamin D, lipids all ...

A short and efficient synthesis of heptadeuterated 2,2,4,4,5,7,7-d7-cholestane (1) from cholesterol (3) is described. The deuterated material will be useful for the analysis of different sources of ...