In the title compound, methyl 4 beta-bromo-7 alpha-ethoxycarbonyloxy-3-oxo-
5 beta-cholanoate, C28H43BrO6, the Br-C4 bond is oriented equatorially and
(-)-antiperiplanar with respect to the C5-C10 bond. The six-membered rings
(A, B and C) have the usual chair conformations, while the five-membered ri
ng (D) adopts a distorted 13 beta,14 alpha-half-chair conformation. The A/B
ring junction is cis, and the B/C and C/D ring junctions are both trans.