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Autoxidation products from cholesterol

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Thin-layer chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography were used to separate and identify products from the autoxidation of cholesterol. Both cholesterol-a-epoxide and 1,4-cholestadien-3-one were found. In addition, several other compounds, identified also by previous workers, were shown to be present. Autoxidation in bulk was quite slow at 82C, requiring several weeks for development of detectable quantities of decomposition products. The reaction could be accelerated by irradiation with ultraviolet light or by heating the sterol above its melting point.

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Fioriti, J.A., Sims, R.J. Autoxidation products from cholesterol. J Am Oil Chem Soc 44, 221–224 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02639261

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