3α-Hydr­oxy-N-(3-hydroxy­prop­yl)-5β-cholan-24-amide

The title compound, C(27)H(47)NO(3), is a (3-hydroxy­prop­yl)amide derivative of naturally occurring enanti­opure lithocholic acid (3α-hydr­oxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid). The mol­ecule contains four fused rings: three six-membered rings in chair conformations and one five-membered ring in a half-chair form. The two terminal six-membered rings are cis-fused, while other rings are trans-fused. The structure contains an intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond and a similar hydrogen-bond framework to the corresponding deoxy­cholic and chenodeoxy­cholic acid derivatives. Inter­molecular O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O inter­actions are also present in the crystal. This compound seems to have at least two polymorphic forms from a comparison of the X-ray powder pattern simulated from the present structure of the title compound and that previously obtained for the powder sample.