Abstract
The crystal structure of 18-cyanoprogesterone was determined by X-ray diffraction methods:P212121a=7.436(2), b=11.322(2), c=22.642(2) Å. The structure was solved using Shelx-86. Final conventional R=0.054. Rw=0.051 for 1841 reflections. The A ring has an intermediate sofa-half-chair conformation with asymmetry parameters ΔCs/1=11.0, ΔC23,4=14.9. The steroid skeleton exhibits a flattening of the A ring relative to the rest of the molecule. The progesterone side chain has a typical conformation, and the C16-C17-C20-O20 torsion angle is -19.0(6)°.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 429-432 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Structural Biology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Spectroscopy