Following is the structural formula and a ball-and-stick model of cholestanol. The

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Following is the structural formula and a ball-and-stick model of cholestanol. The onlydifference between this compound and cholesterol (Section 26.4) is that cholesterol hasa carbon-carbon double bond in ring B. (a) Describe the conformation of rings A, B, C, and D in cholestanol.(b) Is the hydroxyl group on ring A axial or equatorial?(c) Consider the methyl group at the junction of rings A and B. Is it axial or equatorialto ring A? Is it axial or equatorial to ring B?(d) Is the methyl group at the junction of rings C and D axial or equatorial to ring C?

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