title: 4-(3,17-Dioxoandrost-4-en-16-ylidenemethyl)benzonitrile.
abstract: The title compound, C(27)H(29)NO(2), has the outer six-membered ring in a sofa conformation, while the central rings are in chair conformations. The five-membered ring adopts a slightly distorted 13 beta,14 alpha-half-chair conformation. The cyanobenzylidene moiety has an E configuration with respect to the carbonyl group at position 17.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vasuki
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parthasarathi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramamurthi
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dubey
mesh_terms: D000736:Androstenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D045165:Testosterone Congeners / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C455522:4-(3,17-dioxoandrost-4-en-16-ylidenemethyl)benzonitrile; D000736:Androstenes; D009570:Nitriles; D045165:Testosterone Congeners