Equilenin

Equilenin
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 3-hydroxy-13-methyl-12,14,15,16-tetrahydro-11H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-one;
CAS Number	517-09-9 ;
PubChem CID	444865;
DrugBank	DB03515 ;
ChemSpider	392668 ;
KEGG	C14303 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL225546 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID2052156 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.007.483
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C18H18O2
Molar mass	266.339 g/mol g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES O=C4[C@]3(CCc1c(ccc2c1ccc(O)c2)[C@@H]3CC4)C;
	InChI InChI=1S/C18H18O2/c1-18-9-8-14-13-5-3-12(19)10-11(13)2-4-15(14)16(18)6-7-17(18)20/h2-5,10,16,19H,6-9H2,1H3/t16-,18-/m0/s1 ; Key:PDRGHUMCVRDZLQ-WMZOPIPTSA-N ;
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Equilenin, also known as 6,8-didehydroestrone, as well as estra-1,3,5(10),6,8-pentaen-3-ol-17-one, is an estrogenic steroid hormone obtained from the urine of pregnant mares.^[1] It is used as one of the components in Premarin.^[1] It was the first complex natural product to be successfully, fully synthesized in 1940 by Alfred L. Wilds.

References

^ ^a ^b Marc A. Fritz; Leon Speroff (28 March 2012). Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 751–. ISBN 978-1-4511-4847-3.

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[FritzSperoff2012-1] Marc A. Fritz; Leon Speroff (28 March 2012). Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 751–. ISBN 978-1-4511-4847-3.

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