cholesterol

sterol biosynthesized by all animal cells which is an essential structural component of all animal cell membranes

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A skeletal formula: each corner and end of a line is a carbon atom, and the hydrogens bonded to carbon are left unwritten. A wedge points out of the page, and a hashed bond into it.

Formula: C₂₇H₄₆O; Wikidata
Molar mass The mass of a mole of it, from the elements' atomic weights: 386.66 g/mol; Worked out
Made of Atoms in one formula unit, and each element's share of the mass: Carbon 27 83.9%
Hydrogen 46 12.0%
Oxygen 1 4.14%
74 atoms in all; Worked out
Other names: (+)-ent-Cholesterol, (-)-Cholesterol, (1S,2R,10S,11S,14R,15R)-2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]heptadec-7-en-5-ol, (20bFH)-cholest-5-en-3b-ol, (3b)-cholest-5-en-3-ol, (3beta)-Cholest-5-en-3-ol, (3β,14β,17α)-cholest-5-en-3-ol, 20-Epi-cholesterol, 20-Iso-cholesterol, 20bFH-cholest-5-en-3b-ol, 3beta-Hydroxycholest-5-ene, 5-Cholesten-3B-ol, 5-Cholesten-3beta-ol, 5:6-Cholesten-3-ol, 5:6-Cholesten-3beta-ol, Cholest-5-en-3-ol, Cholest-5-en-3b-ol, Cholest-5-en-3beta-ol, Cholesterin, Cholesterine, Cholesterol base H, Cholesteryl alcohol, Cholestrin, Cholestrol, Cordulan, Dastar, Dusoline, Dusoran, Dythol, Epicholesterin, Epicholesterol, Fancol CH, Hydrocerin, Kathro, Lanol, Liquid crystal CN/9, Nimco cholesterol base H, Nimco cholesterol base No. 712, Super hartolan, Tegolan and cholest-5-en-3β-ol; Wikidata
Same formula Other compounds made of the same atoms: 5-alpha-cholest-7-en-3beta-ol, zymostenol; Wikidata
CAS Registry Number: 57-88-5; Wikidata
PubChem: CID 5997; Wikidata
InChIKey: HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N; Wikidata
SMILES: C[C@H](CCCC(C)C)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CC=C4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4)O)C)C; Wikidata
Wikidata item: Q43656; Wikidata