The reduction of the 14(15)-double bond in the biological conversion of cholesta-8,14-dien-3β-ol into cholest-7-en-3β-ol occurs via a trans-addition, the 14α-hydrogen being derived from the 4-position of NADPH, the 15β-hydrogen from a proton source.
M. Akhtar, A. D. Rahimtula and D. C. Wilton, J. Chem. Soc. D, 1969, 1278 DOI: 10.1039/C29690001278
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