Cucurbitane
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| IUPAC name 19-Nor-5ξ,9β,10α-lanostane | |
| Systematic IUPAC name (1R,3aS,3bR,5aΞ,9aR,9bS,11aR)-3a,6,6,9b,11a-Pentamethyl-1-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]hexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene | |
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| Properties | |
| C30H54 | |
| Molar mass | 414.762 g·mol−1 | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |
Cucurbitane is a tetracyclic chemical compound with formula C
30H
54.  It is a polycyclic hydrocarbon, specifically triterpene.  It is also an isomer of lanostane (specifically 19(10→9β)-abeolanostane), from which it differs by the formal shift of a methyl group (carbon number 19) from the 10 to the 9β position in the standard steroid numbering scheme.
The name is applied to two stereoisomers, distinguished by the prefixes 5α- and 5β-, which differ by the handedness of the bonds at a particular carbon atom (number 5 in the standard steroid numbering scheme).
- 5α-Cucurbitane
- 5β-Cucurbitane
Cucurbitane is the core chemical structure of a class of derivatives known as cucurbitane-type triterpenoids or simply as cucurbitanes.