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cholesterol

C27H46O

Cholesterol has the molecular formula C27H46O and a molar mass of 386.7 g/mol, a melting point of 148 °C and a boiling point of 200 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC27H46O
Molar mass386.7 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass386.35487 g/mol
Melting point148 °C
Boiling point200 °C
logP (octanol–water)8.7
Topological polar surface area20.2 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors1 / 1
Heavy atoms28
InChIKeyHVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N
IUPAC name(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol

Elemental composition

74 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)2783.87%
Hydrogen (H)4611.99%
Oxygen (O)14.14%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.