1969 Volume 15 Issue 2 Pages 126-130
It was discovered that the reaction of vitamin D3 with Nield reagent yielded two new compounds, bisteroid A (mp 76-78°) and bisteroid B (mp 98-100°). The molecular formula of bisteroid A was confirmed to be C54H84 and bisteroid B was confirmed to be a monoacetate having the molecular formula C56H88O2. The chemical structures of bisteroids A and B were studied and assumed structures were given for them.