Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o79-o80  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536801020487 ]

Cholesterol hemimethanol solvate

H.-S. Shieh and C. E. Nordman

Abstract: The structure of cholesterol hemimethanol solvate, C₂₇H₄₆O·0.5CH₄O, is of the bilayer type, with a head-to-head tail-to-tail arrangement of cholesterol molecules, forming alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic layers. The four cholesterol and two methanol molecules in the asymmetric unit are connected into a single hydrogen-bonded chain.

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