Cholesterol

• Formula: C₂₇H₄₆O
• Molecular weight: 386.6535
• IUPAC Standard 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 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-VUDDDUNTSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-88-5
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Stereoisomers:
  • Cholest-5-en-3-ol, (3α)-
• Other names: Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3β)-; (-)-Cholesterol; Cholest-5-en-3β-ol; Cholesterin; Cholesterol base H; Cholesteryl alcohol; Cordulan; Dusoline; Dusoran; Dythol; Hydrocerin; Kathro; Lanol; Nimco cholesterol base H; Nimco cholesterol base No. 712; Provitamin D; Tegolan; Wool alcohols B. P.; 3β-Hydroxycholest-5-ene; 5-Cholesten-3β-ol; Cholestrin; Cholestrol; Super hartolan; 5,6-Cholesten-3β-ol; Δ5-Cholesten-3-β-ol; Cholesterine; Dastar; Fancol CH; (3β)-Cholest-5-en-3-ol; Cholest-5-en-3beta-ol; Lidinite; NSC 8798; Cholest-5-en-3-ol; 5-Cholesten-3B-ol; Cholest-5-en-3b-ol
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  • Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal
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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Keiser, Retunskii, et al., 1990
Keiser, L.S.; Retunskii, V.N.; Yazlovetskii, I.G., Gas chromatographic identification of sterols in insects. Estimation of retention data reproducibility, Zh. Anal. Khim., 1990, 45, 1767-1773. [all data]

van Gelder, Jonker, et al., 1988
van Gelder, W.M.J.; Jonker, H.H.; Huizing, H.J.; Scheffer, J.J.C., Capillary gas chromatography of steroidal alkaloids from Solanaceae. Retention indices and simultaneous flame ionization/nitrogen-specific detection, J. Chromatogr., 1988, 442, 133-145, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)94463-7 . [all data]

Japp, Gill, et al., 1987
Japp, M.; Gill, R.; Osselton, M.D., Comparison of drug retention indices determined on packed, wide bore capillary and narrow bore capillary columns, J. Forensic Sci., 1987, 32, 6, 1574-1586. [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]

Quilliam and Westmore, 1978
Quilliam, M.A.; Westmore, J.B., Sterically crowded trialkylsilyl derivatives for chromatography and mass spectrometry of biologically-important compounds, Anal. Chem., 1978, 50, 1, 59-68, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac50023a020 . [all data]

Knights, 1966
Knights, B.A., Application of retention indices to steroid gas chromatography, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1966, 4, 9, 329-331, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/4.9.329 . [all data]

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