Atorvastatinacetonide tert-butyl ester, a valuable pharmaceutical intermediate, is used in preparing Atorvastatin salts, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.
Atorvastatinacetonide is an impurity of Atorvastatin. Atorvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and has the ability to effectively decrease blood lipids.