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3?,12?,14?-Trihydroxy-pregnan-20-one.

ABSTRACT: The title compound, C(21)H(34)O(4), is a steriod of the pregnane family prepared by the sequential oxidation and reduction of 3?,12?-diacet-oxy-20-ethyl-enedioxy-pregnan-14-ene. The con-formations of the six-membered rings are close to chair forms, while the five-membered ring adopts an envelope conformation. All the rings are trans-fused and an intra-molecular O-H?O hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H?O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a two-dimensional network.

SUBMITTER: Shi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2977780 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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3β,12β,14α-Trihydroxy-pregnan-20-one.

Shi Hefang H Li Yingxia Y

Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20090425 Pt 5

The title compound, C(21)H(34)O(4), is a steriod of the pregnane family prepared by the sequential oxidation and reduction of 3β,12β-diacet-oxy-20-ethyl-enedioxy-pregnan-14-ene. The con-formations of the six-membered rings are close to chair forms, while the five-membered ring adopts an envelope conformation. All the rings are trans-fused and an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a two-dimensional ne ...[more]

PMID: 21583916

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3?,12?,14?-Trihydroxy-pregnan-20-one.

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3β,12β,14α-Trihydroxy-pregnan-20-one.

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