C27H44O
384.6 g/mol
Pharmaceutical Intermediate
7-Dehydrocholesterol
CAS434-16-2EC207-100-5
Category
Pharmaceutical Intermediate
Compound Class
Steroid
Primary Use
Pharmaceutical Intermediate
7-Dehydrocholesterol is a zoosterol that serves as a precursor to cholesterol in the serum and acts as a provitamin-D3 in the skin. Upon exposure to ultraviolet UV-B rays from sunlight, it is photochemically converted into vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) via previtamin D3, enabling the body to manufacture this essential nutrient.
Pharmaceutical intermediate for vitamin D3 productionRaw material for biochemical research on vitamin D synthesisLaboratory reagent for studies of cholesterol metabolism
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Referencestereoisomer of
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Referencesame scaffold
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Safety Reference
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Identifiers
IUPAC Name
(3S,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol
InChIKey
UCTLRSWJYQTBFZ-DDPQNLDTSA-N
SMILES
C[C@H](CCCC(C)C)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3C2=CC=C4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4)O)C)C
Synonyms (46)
- 7-DHC
- Cholecalciferol EP Impurity B
- (3b)-7-Dehydro Cholesterol
- (3b)-Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-ol
- (3beta)-7-Dehydro Cholesterol
- (3|A)-Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-ol
- 3?-Hydroxy-5,7-cholestadiene
- 5,7-Cholestadien-3-beta-ol
- 5,7-Cholestadien-3?-ol
- 5,7-Cholestandien-3-ol
- 5,7-Cholestandien-3beta-ol
- 7,8-Didehydrocholesterol
- 7,8-dehydro-cholesterol
- 7-Dehydrocholesterin
- 7-Dehydrocholesterol
- 7-Dehydrocholesterol - min
- CHOLECALCIFEROL IMPURITY B
- Caswell No. 902E
- Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-ol
- Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-ol, (3b)-
- Cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-ol
- Cholesterol, 7-dehydro-
- Dehydrocholesterin
- Dehydrocholesterin [German]
- Dehydrocholesterol
- Provitamin D(sub 3)
- Provitamin D3
- cholesta-5,7-dien-3b-ol
- delta(sup 5,7)-Cholesterol
- delta(sup 7)-Cholesterol
- delta5,7-Cholesterol