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Cholesterol

Name: Cholesterol
Brand: SIGMA

from lanolin, ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

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

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₂₇H₄₆O

CAS Number:

57-88-5

Molecular Weight:

386.65

NACRES:

NA.79

PubChem Substance ID:

329752881

eCl@ss:

39023139

UNSPSC Code:

12352211

EC Number:

200-353-2

MDL number:

MFCD00003646

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1915888

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Properties

biological source

lanolin

Quality Segment

200

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

powder

bp

360 °C (lit.)

mp

147-149 °C (lit.), 148-150 °C

solubility

chloroform: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

density

1.067 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

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

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

InChI key

HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

Gene Information

human ... POLA1(5422), TOP2A(7153)
rat ... Ar(24208), Polb(29240)

Description

Biochem/physiol Actions

Major component of all biological membranes; ~25% of total brain lipid is cholesterol.

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This Item	PHL84148	PHR8672	14606
Sigma-Aldrich 26732 Cholesterol	PHL84148 Cholesterol	PHR8672 Cholesterol	Sigma-Aldrich 14606 Cholesterol
description from lanolin, ≥99.0% (GC)	description phyproof^® Reference Substance	description certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard	description tested according to Ph. Eur.
biological source lanolin	biological source -	biological source -	biological source -
assay ≥99.0% (GC)	assay ≥90.0% (GC)	assay -	assay -
storage temp. 2-8°C	storage temp. 2-8°C	storage temp. -10 to -25°C	storage temp. 2-8°C
form powder	form -	form -	form powder
solubility chloroform: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless	solubility -	solubility -	solubility hexane: soluble, acetone: soluble, diethyl ether: soluble 1 gm in 2.8 ml, pyridine: soluble 1 gm in 1.5 ml, chloroform: soluble 1 gm in 4.5 ml, petroleum ether: soluble, alcohol: slightly soluble, dioxane: soluble, benzene: soluble, oil: soluble, ethyl acetate: soluble, H₂O: insoluble, alcohol: very soluble (Hot)
Quality Level 200	Quality Level -	Quality Level 300	Quality Level 100

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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