3866. Etiocholane
Nomenclature
CAS number: 438-23-3
(5β)-Androstane; 5-epiandrostane. C19H32; mol wt 260.46.
C 87.62%, H 12.38%.
Description and references
Parent compd of alkyl substituted etiocholanes, such as pregnane, cholane, coprostane. Prepd from etiocholane-17-one semicarbazone: Butenandt, Dannenbaum, Z. Physiol. Chem. 229, 192 (1934).
