1H and 13C NMR assignments for lanostan‐3β‐ol derivatives: Revised assignments for lanosterol

Abstract 1H and 13C NMR assignments are presented for 30 oxygenated lanostane derivatives, including lanosterol, dihy‐drolanosterol, 7‐ketolanosterol, agnosterol, 24,25‐epoxylanosterol, 8α,9α‐epoxylanostan‐3β‐ol, three 15‐oxygenated derivatives of lanost‐7‐en‐3β‐ol, lanostane‐3β,7α‐diol, lanostane‐3β,9α‐diol and their acetates. These assignments, which were largely determined by a combination of DEPT, one‐boad and long‐range 13C1H chemical shift correlation and lanthanide‐induced shift experiments, are not dependent on previously reported assignments, several of which were found to be incorrect. 1H and 13C acetylation shifts for lanostan‐3β‐ols were sufficiently invariant among the sterols studied that they were useful for assigning carbons in rings A and B. The acetylation shifts reported for lanostan‐3β‐ols were extended and partially revised.