2523. Coprostane
Nomenclature
CAS number: 481-20-9
5β-Cholestane; pseudocholestane. C27H48; mol wt 372.67.
C 87.02%, H 12.98%.
Description and references
The cis-decalin homolog of cholestane. Prepn: Wieland, Jacobi, Ber. 59, 2064 (1926); Young et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81, 1452 (1959); Dart, Henbest, J. Chem. Soc. 1960, 3563; Nickon, Bagli, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 83, 1498 (1961); Caglioti, Grasselli, Chem. Ind. (London) 1964, 153.
