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Cholest-4-en-3-one
SpectraBase Compound ID Auf2QPXCPGR
InChI InChI=1S/C27H44O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h17-19,22-25H,6-16H2,1-5H3/t19-,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChIKey NYOXRYYXRWJDKP-GYKMGIIDSA-N
Mol Weight 384.6 g/mol
Molecular Formula C27H44O
Exact Mass 384.339216 g/mol
Enantiomer InChIKey NYOXRYYXRWJDKP-XUJZTTFYSA-N
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Source of Sample Aldrich
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Technique KBr-Pellet
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Technique CAPILLARY CELL: MELT
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Source of Sample Tokyo Kasei Kogyo Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Technique KBr WAFER
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Source of Sample Aldrich
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Technique Mull
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Source of Sample Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CHCl3
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Catalog Number 188174
Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Catalog Number 188174
Solvent CDCl3
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Source of Sample Cayman Chemical Company
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Catalog Number 25713
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Source of Sample K & K Laboratories
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Catalog Number 15819
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Catalog Number 188174
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Source of Spectrum Univ Bielefeld
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Source of Spectrum Prof. Spiteller, University Bayreuth, Germany
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Source of Spectrum M. Laura Mascotti, et al. Steroids, 10.1016/j.steroids.2016.03.018
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Source of Spectrum Parag Mahanti, et al. Cell Metabolism, V.19, 2014, P.73-83
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Source of Spectrum G4-74-SM4-57
  • Cholestenone
  • .delta.-4-Cholesten-3-one
  • (8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-((R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-3H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
  • 4-Cholesten-3-one
  • (+)-4-Cholesten-3-one
  • 17-(1,5-DIMETHYL-HEXYL)-10,13-DIMETHYL-1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-TETRADECAHYDRO-CYCLOPENTA[A]PHENANTHREN-3-ONE
  • CHOLEST-4-ENE-3-ONE
  • 3-Oxo-4-cholestene
  • 3-Keto-4-cholestene
  • (1S,2R,10S,11S,14R,15R)-2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0(2,7).0(11,15)]heptadec-6-en-5-one
  • (8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-((R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3(2H)-one
Title Journal or Book Year
13C n.m.r. spectra of steroids —a survey and commentary Organic Magnetic Resonance 1977

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