5α-Pregna-1,20-dien-3-one

The title compound, C21H30O, was isolated from the soft coral Sinularia sp. The molecule contains four alicyclic rings, all trans-fused, among which three six-membered rings are in different distorted chair conformations while a five-membered ring assumes an envelope form.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guang-ying Chen, Mei-Yan Wei, Ni Tan, Zhen Liu, Rui-Yun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-02-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810000863