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C21H28O2
312.4 g/mol
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1-Dehydroprogesterone

CAS1162-54-5
Category
API
Compound Class
Steroid
Primary Use
Pharmaceutical Raw Material

1-Dehydroprogesterone is a synthetic steroid compound structurally related to progesterone, characterized by an additional double bond between positions 1 and 2. It is a 3-oxo-Delta(1),Delta(4)-steroid and a 20-oxo steroid, used primarily as a pharmaceutical intermediate in the manufacture of progestogen hormones.

pharmaceutical intermediate for synthetic progestogen productionlaboratory research compound in steroid chemistry

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Safety Reference

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-acetyl-10,13-dimethyl-6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one

InChIKey

QIEPWCSVQYUPIY-LEKSSAKUSA-N

SMILES

CC(=O)[C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@@]1(CC[C@H]3[C@H]2CCC4=CC(=O)C=C[C@]34C)C

Synonyms (15)
  • Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione; 1,2-Dehydroprogesterone; 1-Dehydroprogesterone; NSC 63538; ?1-Progesterone; Progesterone Imp. J (EP)
  • Progesterone EP Impurity J
  • 1,2-Dehydroprogesterone
  • 1,2-didehydroprogesterone
  • 1,4-Pregnadiene-3,20-dione
  • 1-Dehydroprogesterone
  • 3,20-dioxo-1,4-pregnadiene
  • 3,20-dioxo-pregna-1,4-diene
  • Dehydroprogesterone
  • Delta(1)-progesterone
  • PROGESTERONE IMPURITY J
  • Pregna-1,20-dione
  • Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione