Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 30, Problem 30.18P
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Interpretation: An explanation corresponding to the given statement that the treatment of cholesterol with mCPBA results in formation of a single
Concept introduction: Steroids, a group of tetracyclic lipids composed of one five-membered ring and three six-membered rings. These rings are lettered by A, B, C, and D. Most of the steroids contain two angular methyl groups. These methyl groups are numbered as
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