US PATENT SUBCLASS 552 / 546
.~.~.~.~ Halogen or oxygen bonded directly to the acyclic carbon chain at the 17 beta-position (e.g., 25-hydroxy cholesterols, etc.)

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552 /   HD   ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES

*  DD  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Class 532, subclass 1) {11}
502  DF  .~ Cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system containing {21}
540  DF  .~.~ Carbon bonded directly at the 17 beta-position of the cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system is a member of an acyclic chain of six or more uninterrupted carbons (e.g., sterols, etc.) {4}
544  DF  .~.~.~ Exactly one oxygen bonded directly to the cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system (e.g., cholesterols, cholestanols, stigmasterols, etc.) {3}
546.~.~.~.~ Halogen or oxygen bonded directly to the acyclic carbon chain at the 17 beta-position (e.g., 25-hydroxy cholesterols, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 552/546

(under subclass 544) Compounds in which halogen or oxygen is bonded directly to the acyclic carbon chain at the 17 beta-position of the cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system.

(1) Note. An example of a compound provided for herein is: [figure]