Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
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Chapter 27.6, Problem 9P
Lithocholic acid is an A–B cis steroid found in human bile. Draw lithocholic acid showing chair conformations, as in Figure 27-11, and tell whether the hydroxyl group at C3 is axial or equatorial.
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