Venkataram Prasad, 8. V.: Prashanth, D.; Balaram, P. international Symposium on Biomolecular Structure, Conformation, Function and Evolution, Madras, 1978, Abstract 130IH17. Reisse, J.; Ottinger, R,: Bickart, P.; Mislow, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100,911-915. Mislow, K.; Raban. M. Top. Stereochem. 1967, 7, 1--38. Klotz, I. M.; Russo. S. F.: Hanlon, S.; Stake, M. A. J. Am. Chem. SOC. 1964, 86, 4774-4778. Abu Khaled, Md.; Urry, D. W.; Okamoto, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1976, 72, 162-169. Avignon, M.; Huong, P. V.; Lascombe, J.; Marraud, M.; Neel, J. Biopoiymers 1969, 8, 69-89.Abstract: The CD (IC)'(;)) of a transition K k -N n of :in anisotropic solution is determined b) order coefficients g,,33, the tensor of rotation R;"". and its frequency dependence G;,Yhk: A t ' ( ; ) = \-' -,=, \" gi,l~R~""kG~;". For cholest-4-en-3-one. the l7$-substituted testosterones. Swandrost-I -en-3-oncs, and 53-androst-I -en-3-ones oriented in 11 liquid crystal matrix (cholesteryl chloride/cholcster).i laurate) it is shown that the information from the C D o f t h e anisotropic solution goes beyond t h a t obtained from the isotropic CD. E.g.. compound5 which have nearly identical C D hpectru in the isotropic state behave very differently in the oriented state. Furthermore. AtZ(l') depends on the I73 substitution. This can be explained b) 11 variation of the order parameter as ;I function of the length of the substituent: i.c.. for cholcst-4-en-3-one and the testosterones the order increases in the succession -OH. -0COCH3, -0COCH2CHj. -CH(CH3)CH$~H2CH2CH(CH3)2. The coordinates KplK + and K;: of the tcnsor of rotation arc estimated and ;in estimation of the contribution of thequadrupole transition moment is attempted