International Union of Crystallography, Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 5(67), p. o1056-o1057, 2011
DOI: 10.1107/s1600536811011706
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The title compound, C19H30O4, is an androstan-17-one derivative synthesized from the dehydroepiandrosterone through a sequential addition of an oxidant, followed by a trans-diaxial opening of the epoxide generated, with Bi(OTf)3 (OTf is trifluoromethanesulfonate). The six-membered rings have a slightly flattened chair conformation, while the five-membered ring adopts a 14-α envelope conformation. All rings are trans fused. In the crystal, the molecules are connected by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the hydroxyl and carbonyl groups, forming a three-dimensional network. A quantum mechanical ab initio Roothan Hartree–Fock calculation of the free molecule gives bond lengths, valency angles and ring torsion angles of the free molecule at equilibrium geometry (energy minimum) close to the experimental values.