3657. Ergostane

Nomenclature

CAS number: 511-20-6
5α-Ergostane.
C28H50; mol wt 386.70.
C 86.97%, H 13.03%.

Description and references

Prepn from allocholanic acid: Fernholz, Ber. 69, 1792 (1938).

Chemical structure

Properties

Scales, plates from ether + methanol, mp 85°. [α]D20 +17° (c = 2 in chloroform).