4R,5S,6R,17S–That the title compound 1 has this absolute configuration was established by a combination of several methods: single crystal X-ray structure analysis of 1, NOESY NMR spectroscopy of a derivative, and synthesis of a key degradation product and its enantiomer.
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Quinkert et al. (1985) studied this question.
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