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Cholesterol
SpectraBase Compound ID DW7SMDXE5b3
InChI InChI=1S/C27H46O/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/h9,18-19,21-25,28H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChIKey HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N
Mol Weight 386.7 g/mol
Molecular Formula C27H46O
Exact Mass 386.354866 g/mol
Enantiomer InChIKey HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-HFRBDLMJSA-N
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Source of Spectrum Prof. J. Seibl; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Source of Spectrum Prof. Spiteller, University Bayreuth, Germany
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Source of Spectrum PA-7-239-6(GC_MS)
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Source of Spectrum RCM-9-1291-Cholesterol
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Source of Spectrum JA-7-737-0
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Technique KBr WAFER
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Source of Sample Malmstrom Chemical Corporation
Technique FILM
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Source of Sample R.I.T.A. Corporation
Technique KBr WAFER
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Source of Sample Croda, Inc., New York, New York
Technique KBr WAFER
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Source of Sample Steraloids Inc.
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Catalog Number C6750-000
Technique KBr0
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Source of Sample Rewo Chemische Werke, Steinau
Technique Layer (0.020 mm) between KBr
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Technique KBr-Pellet
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Technique KBr-Pellet
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Technique KBr WAFER
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Source of Sample Sigma
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Technique Mull
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Catalog Number C8667
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Catalog Number 362794
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Catalog Number C75209
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian CFT-20
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Solvent DIOXANE
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Solvent PYRIDINE
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Solvent CHCl3
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Solvent Unknown
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Unknown
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Solvent PYRIDINE-D5
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CD3OD
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent C5D5N
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Catalog Number C75209
Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Catalog Number C75209
Solvent CDCl3
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Source of Sample Steraloids Inc.
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Catalog Number C6760-000
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Catalog Number C8667
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  • 5-Cholesten-3b-ol
  • 3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene
  • Cholesterin
  • CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL,(CHOLESTEROL)
  • CHOLESTEROL;VITAMIN-D-DERIVATIVE
  • CHOLEST-5-EN-3beta-OL
  • Nimlesterol d
  • Cholesterol fraction in aliphatic hydrocarbon
  • CHOLESTEROL U.S.P.
  • Cholesterol (8CI)
  • Cholesterol+NH4
  • 3.BETA.-HYDROXY-CHOLEST-5-ENE
  • CHOLEST-5-EN-3-OL (3beta)-
  • Cholest-5-en-3-ol
  • 17-(1,5-DIMETHYLHEXYL)-10,13-DIMETHYL-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-TETRADECAHYDRO-1H-CYCLOPENTA[a]PHENANTHREN-3-OL
  • Cholesterol-H2O
  • Super hartolan
  • Cholesteryl alcohol
  • (1S,2R,5S,10S,11S,14R,15R)-2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0(2,7).0(11,15)]heptadec-7-en-5-ol
  • (3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-((R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol
  • (3beta)-Cholest-5-en-3-ol
  • Fancol CH
  • Provitamin D
  • Wool alcohols B. P.
  • Dastar
  • Dythol
  • Kathro
  • Dusoran
  • Lidinit
  • Tegolan
  • Cordulan
  • Dusoline
  • Lidinite
  • Cholesterol base H
  • Cholestrin
  • Cholestrol
  • Hydrocerin
  • Nimco cholesterol base H
  • Cholesterine
  • CholesterolIsocholesterol
  • Epicholesterol
  • Isocholesterol
  • (-)-Cholesterol
  • Nimco cholesterol base No. 712
  • Liquid crystal cn/9
  • 5,6-Cholesten-3.beta.-ol
  • Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3 alpha)
  • 17-(1,5-dimethylhexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol
  • 10,13-dimethyl-17-(6-methylheptan-2-yl)-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol
  • 5:6-cholesten-3-ol
  • PROVITAMINE D
  • LANOL
  • CCRIS 2834
  • HSDB 7106
  • EINECS 200-353-2
  • NSC 8798
  • AI3-03112
Title Journal or Book Year
Determination of Chemical Constituents of the Marine Pulmonate Slug, <i>Paraoncidium reevesii</i> Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2015
Chemical characterization, antioxidant and inhibitory effects of some marine sponges against carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2012
Acylated cholestane glycosides from the bulbs of Ornithogalum saundersiae Phytochemistry 1992
Umsetzung von Bromderivaten des 6β-Bromcholest-4-en-3-ons mit NaBH4und13C-NMR-spektroskopische Charakterisierung der Reduktionsprodukte Journal für Praktische Chemie 1986
Natural Abundance13C-NMR. of Vitamin D3Metabolites Helvetica Chimica Acta 1980
The Synthesis of (25R)-22αN-[15ξ,17α-2H2]-Spirosol-5-en-3β-ol ([15ξ,17α-2H2] Solasodine) and Assignment of the 13C N.M.R. Spectra of Solasodine and its Derivatives Australian Journal of Chemistry 1979
13C and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of C-19 and 6β-methyl substituted steroids: long-range shift effects in conformational analysis Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1979
Determination of the absolute configuration of a secondary hydroxy group in a chiral secondary alcohol using glycosidation shifts in carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society 1978
Identification of C-24 alkyl epimers of marine sterols by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1978
13C n.m.r. spectra of steroids —a survey and commentary Organic Magnetic Resonance 1977
Conformational analysis of vitamin D and analogs. 1. Carbon-13 and proton nuclear magnetic resonance study The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1977

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