Cholesterol

CAS Registry Number®

57-88-5

CAS Name

Cholesterol

Molecular Formula

C27H46O

Molecular Mass

386.65

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    360 °C

  • Melting Point (2)

    148.5 °C

  • Density (2)

    1.067 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
  • (2) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

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

InChIKey

InChIKey=HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

SMILES

C[C@@]12[C@]([C@]3([C@@]([C@]4(C)C(=CC3)C[C@@H](O)CC4)(CC1)[H])[H])(CC[C@@]2([C@@H](CCCC(C)C)C)[H])[H]

Canonical SMILES

OC1CC2=CCC3C(CCC4(C)C(CCC34)C(C)CCCC(C)C)C2(C)CC1

Other Names for this Substance

  • Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3β)-
  • Cholesterol
  • (3β)-Cholest-5-en-3-ol
  • Cholest-5-en-3β-ol
  • Cholesterin

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

80356-14-5, 80356-33-8, 209124-38-9, 218965-24-3, 262418-13-3, 378185-03-6, 676322-57-9, 732297-95-9, 793670-51-6, 849593-11-9, 856708-55-9, 2016865-06-6, 2363129-31-9, 2760344-17-8, 2761910-55-6

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