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The '''nomenclature of steroids''' is a subset of the [[nomenclature of natural products]].<ref name="NatProds">{{IUPAC natural products 1999}}.</ref>
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The '''nomenclature of steroids''' is a subset of the [[nomenclature of natural products]].<ref name="NatProds">{{IUPAC natural products 1999}}.</ref><ref>{{IUPAC-IUB steroids 1989}}.</ref>
  
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==

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The nomenclature of steroids is a subset of the nomenclature of natural products.[1][2]

Definitions

A steroid is a compound (either naturally occurring or artificial) based on the cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene carbon skeleton, partially or completely hydrogenated.[3][4] Steroids usually have methyl groups at C-10 and C-13, and often an alkyl group at C-17 (termed a "side chain"). By extension, one or more bond scissions, ring expansions and/or ring contractions of the skeleton may have occurred.[3][4] Sterols are steroids with a hydroxyl group at C-3.[4]

Fundamental parent structures

Name Structure Notes
gonane Gonane.png
estrane Estrane.png "estrane" is the IUPAC preferred spelling; older British texts may spell it as "oestrane"
androstane Androstane.png
pregnane Pregnane.png
cholane Cholane.png
cholestane Cholestane.png
ergostane Ergostane.png
campestane Campestane.png
poriferastane Poriferastane.png
stigmastane Stigmastane.png
gorgostane Gorgostane.png numbering of the side chain is non-systematic in CAS nomenclature
cardanolide Cardanolide.png
bufanolide Bufanolide.png
furostan Furostan.png configuration at C-22 must be specified for each derivative
spirostan Spirostan.png configuration at C-25 must be specified for each derivative

References

  1. Revised Section F: Natural Products and Related Compounds (IUPAC Recommendations 1999). Pure Appl. Chem., 71 (4), 587–643. DOI: 10.1351/pac199971040587.
  2. Nomenclature of Steroids (IUPAC–IUB Recommendations 1989). Pure Appl. Chem., 61 (10), 1783–1822. DOI: 10.1351/pac198961101783.
  3. 3.0 3.1 steroids, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/S06005.html> (accessed 8 March 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). Pure Appl. Chem. 1995, 67 (8-9), 1307–75 at 1367. DOI: 10.1351/pac199567081307.
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