Abstract: | The title keto acid, (+)‐23,24‐dinor‐3‐oxochol‐4‐en‐22‐oic acid, C22H32O3, forms carboxyl‐to‐ketone hydrogen‐bonding catemers [O?O = 2.699 (4) Å and O—H?O = 173°], linking molecules screw‐related in b. The four molecules in the cell form two parallel counter‐directional chains, screw‐related in a. Intermolecular C—H?O=C close contacts to different neighboring molecules were found for the ketone and the acid. |