Nomenclature
CAS number: 632-31-5
(3β,5α)-Ergost-14-en-3-ol.
C
28H
48O; mol wt 400.68.
C 83.93%, H 12.07%, O 3.99%.
Description and references
From α-ergostenol by treatment with HCl-gas
in chloroform: Reindel et al., Ann. 452, 34 (1927).
Properties
Plates, tablets from alcohol, mp 141°. [α]D20 +21.2° (c = 0.9
in chloroform).Derivative
Acetate.
C
30H
50O
2; mol wt 442.72.
C 81.39%, H 11.38%, O 7.23%.
Properties
mp 114°. [α]D20 +13° (c = 1.2 in chloroform).Derivative
Benzoate.
C
35H
52O
2; mol wt 504.79.
C 83.28%, H 10.38%, O 6.34%.
Properties
mp 158-160°. [α]D20 +18.3°, [α]20546 +22.5° (c = 1 in ethyl
acetate).Status
This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject
to revision or update.