Compound 1 (C44H70Ol6) was obtained as an amorphous solid, [~]D --54.5° (methanol). Its 1H NMR spectrum in pyridine-d5 showed signals for three steroid methyls at 6 1.24 (s), 1.03 (d, J = 6.9 Hz) and 0.86 (s), an exomethylene group at ~ 4.80 and 4.76