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ChEBI: 5beta-androstane is the 5beta-stereoisomer of androstane.

Crystallise etiocholane from acetone. The method of purification for 5-androstane (above) could be used here. [Shoppee Helv Chim Acta 27 246, 260 1944, Butenandt & Dannerbaum Hoppe Seyler's Z Physiol Chem 229 192 1934, Beilstein 5 III 1110, 5 IV 1211.]