Title: Androstane
CAS Registry Number: 438-22-2
CAS Name: (5a)-Androstane
Additional Names: etioallocholane
Molecular Formula: C19H32
Molecular Weight: 260.46
Percent Composition: C 87.62%, H 12.38%
Literature References: From androstane-3,17-dione: Butenandt, Tscherning, Z. Physiol. Chem. 229, 185 (1934). From androstane-3,17-diol: Steiger, Reichstein, Helv. Chim. Acta 20, 817 (1937). From D16-androstene: Prelog et al., ibid. 27, 66 (1944).
Properties: Leaflets from acetone-methanol, mp 50-50.5°. Sublimes at 60° and 0.003 mm Hg. [a]D16 +2° (c = 1.2 in chloroform). Sol in acetone, alc, methanol, ether, petr ether, chloroform.
Melting point: mp 50-50.5°
Optical Rotation: [a]D16 +2° (c = 1.2 in chloroform)
Derivative Type: 17-Amino-HCl
Properties: Dec 345°: Marker, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 58, 480 (1936).
|