Ergosterol

• Formula: C₂₈H₄₄O
• Molecular weight: 396.6484
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C28H44O/c1-18(2)19(3)7-8-20(4)24-11-12-25-23-10-9-21-17-22(29)13-15-27(21,5)26(23)14-16-28(24,25)6/h7-10,18-20,22,24-26,29H,11-17H2,1-6H3/b8-7+/t19?,20?,22-,24?,25?,26?,27?,28?/m1/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DNVPQKQSNYMLRS-CVGROQQCSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-87-4
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Stereoisomers:
  • 9-α-H,10-β-Methyl ergosterol
• Other names: Ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3-ol, (3β,22E)-; Ergosterin; Provitamin D; Provitamin D2; (3β)-Ergosta-5,7,22- trien-3-ol; (3β,22E)-Ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3-ol; Ergosterol, # 2; Ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol; Ergosterol, # 1
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Hickman, Hecker, et al., 1937
Hickman, K.C.D.; Hecker, J.C.; Embree, N.D., Direct determination of low vapor pressures, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1937, 9, 264-267. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Oja, Chen, et al., 2009
Oja, Vahur; Chen, Xu; Hajaligol, Mohammad R.; Chan, W. Geoffrey, Sublimation Thermodynamic Parameters for Cholesterol, Ergosterol, β-Sitosterol, and Stigmasterol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2009, 54, 3, 730-734, https://doi.org/10.1021/je800395m . [all data]

Keiser, Yazlovetsky, et al., 1986
Keiser, L.S.; Yazlovetsky, I.G.; Retunsky, V.N., Gas-chromatographic indentification of sterols in insects with the use of two-dimentional three-phase diagrams plotted on the basis of logarithmic retention indices, J. Anal. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1986, 41, 9, 1166-1172. [all data]

Xu, Han, et al., 2012
Xu, L.-L.; Han, T.; Wu, J.-Z.; Zhang, Q.-Y.; Zhang, H.; Huang, B.-K.; Rahman, K., Comparative research of chemical constituents, antifungal and antitumor properties of ether extracts of Panax ginseng and its endophytic fungus, 2012, retrieved from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Comparative .... [all data]

Xu, Han, et al., 2009
Xu, L.-L.; Han, T.; Wu, J.-Z.; Zhang, Q.-Y.; Zhang, H.; Huang, B.-K.; Rahman, K., Comparative research of chemical constituents, antifungal and antitumor properties of ether extracts of Panax ginseng and its endophytic fungus, Phytomedicine: Int. J. Phytotherapy Phytopharmacology, 2009, 16, 6-7, 609-616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2009.03.014 . [all data]

Radulovic and Dordevic, 2011
Radulovic, N.S.; Dordevic, N.D., Sterods from poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.): a GC-MS analysis, J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 2011, 76, 11, 1471-1483, https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC110206128R . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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