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Cholesteryl acetate

97%

Synonym(s):

3β-Acetoxy-5-cholestene, 3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene 3-acetate, 5-Cholesten-3β-ol 3-acetate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C29H48O2
CAS Number:
604-35-3
Molecular Weight:
428.69
Beilstein:
2064235
EC Number:
210-066-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003636
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
24849092
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

97%

form

liquid crystal

optical activity

[α]24/D −44°, c = 2 in chloroform

mp

112-114 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)[C@H]1CC[C@H]2[C@@H]3CC=C4C[C@H](CC[C@]4(C)[C@H]3CC[C@]12C)OC(C)=O

InChI

1S/C29H48O2/c1-19(2)8-7-9-20(3)25-12-13-26-24-11-10-22-18-23(31-21(4)30)14-16-28(22,5)27(24)15-17-29(25,26)6/h10,19-20,23-27H,7-9,11-18H2,1-6H3/t20-,23+,24+,25-,26+,27+,28+,29-/m1/s1

InChI key

XUGISPSHIFXEHZ-VEVYEIKRSA-N

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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W Kaminsky et al.
Journal of microscopy, 228(Pt 2), 153-164 (2007-11-01)
A polarized light imaging technique is introduced that simultaneously captures and unfolds transmittance, fast/slow axes directions and birefringence or linear dichroism from single camera exposures. The technique, based on the rotating polarizer method, is capable of sampling an object through
I Gvozdovskyy et al.
The European physical journal. E, Soft matter, 24(3), 211-215 (2007-12-07)
Detailed studies are reported of the Lehmann-type effect of rotation of small single crystals of chiral substances during their dissolution at the top of a nematic droplet, which was first noted in our previous works. The rotation effect is shown
H P Weber et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science, 47 ( Pt 1), 116-127 (1991-02-01)
Cholesteryl acetate (C29H48O2) at 20 K is monoclinic, space group P2(1) with a = 16,521 (4), b = 9,220 (2), c = 17,620 (5) A, beta = 107.18 (2) degrees and Z = 4 (two molecules in the asymmetric unit).
Allylic nitration of 3 beta-sitosterol and cholesterol acetate: preparation of 7-nitro derivatives.
M Jiménez-Estrada et al.
Steroids, 62(6), 500-503 (1997-06-01)
Anna P Gardymova et al.
Polymers, 13(5) (2021-03-07)
The electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films are highly dependent on the features of the contained liquid crystal (LC) droplets. Cholesteric LC droplets with homeotropic boundaries can form several topologically different orientational structures, including ones with single
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