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SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Herrera MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3589000 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20121124 Pt 12
The title steroid, C34H50O6S, is an inter-mediate on the synthetic route between diosgenin and brassinosteroids, which possess the A ring modified with the 2α,3α-diol functionality. The polycyclic spiro-stan system has the expected conformation, with six-membered rings adopting chair forms and the five-membered rings envelope forms (flap atoms are the methine C atom in the C/D-ring junction and the spiro C atom connecting rings E and F). The 3β-tosyl-ate group is oriented in such a way that S=O ...[more]