The title compound,3β-acetoxy-20(29)-lupen-28-aldehyde,is a pentacyclic triterpene which was first isolated from the acetyl acetate fraction of Platanus acerifolia Willd bark and characterized by 1 H-NMR and 13 C-NMR.Besides,the crystal of the compound was acquired,and the relative configuration of 3β-acetoxy-20(29)-lupen-28-aldehyde was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis for the first time.It crystallizes in the monoclinic system,space group C2 with a=14.428(3),b=6.6620(13),c=30.399(6),β=103.73(3)°,Z=4,C32 H50 O3,M r=482.72,Dc =1.130 g/cm 3,V=2838.5(10)3,μ(MoKa)=0.070 mm-1,F(000)= 1064,the final R=0.0657 and wR=0.1855 for 2839 independent reflections (R int=0.0802)and 1963 observed ones (I〉2(I)).Intramolecular van der waals force contributes to the stability of the structure.