%0 Journal Article %T Crystal Structure and Synthesis of 3<i>¦Â</i>-(<i>p</i>-Iodobenzoyloxy)-16<i>¦Á</i>,17<i>¦Á</i>-Epoxypregn-4-En-6,20-Dione %A Alejandra Ch¨¢vez-Riveros %A Marisa Cabeza %A Eugene Bratoeff %A Manuel Soriano-Garc¨ªa %J Crystal Structure Theory and Applications %P 39-47 %@ 2169-2505 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/csta.2014.32005 %X

3¦Â-(p-iodobenzoyloxy)-16¦Á,17¦Á-epoxypregn-4-en-6,20-dione (7), C28H31O5I, was synthesized from the commercially available 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate. X-ray diffraction analysis of (1) demonstrated that it consisted of four rings, three six-membered rings (A, B and C) and one five-membered ring (D). A, B, C and D rings occur in an envelope, deformed chair, deformed chair, and the half chair conformations, respectively. The absolute configurations of 7 for the chiral centers are 3S, 8S, 9S, 10R, 13S and 14S. The crystal of 3¦Â-(p-iodobenzoyloxy)-16¦Á,17¦Á-epoxypregn-4-en-6,20-dione is in monoclinic crystal system with space group P21, lattice constants: a = 10.8567 (11), b = 7.5479 (7), c = 16.0391 (16) &Aring;, ¦Â