5β-Pregnane
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IUPAC name 5β-Pregnane | |
Systematic IUPAC name (1S,3aS,3bS,5aS,9aS,9bS,11aR)-1-Ethyl-9a,11a-dimethylhexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene | |
Other names 17β-Ethyletiocholane; 17β-Ethyl-5β-androstane; 10β,13β-Dimethyl-17β-ethyl-5β-gonane | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.164.905 |
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Properties | |
C21H36 | |
Molar mass | 288.519 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
5β-Pregnane, also known as 17β-ethyletiocholane or as 10β,13β-dimethyl-17β-ethyl-5β-gonane, is a steroid and a parent compound of a variety of steroid derivatives.[1] It is one of the epimers of pregnane, the other being 5α-pregnane. Derivatives of 5β-pregnane include the naturally occurring steroids 5β-dihydroprogesterone, pregnanolone, epipregnanolone, pregnanediol, and pregnanetriol, and the synthetic steroids hydroxydione, renanolone, ORG-20599, and SAGE-217. These derivatives include metabolites of progesterone and endogenous and synthetic neurosteroids.[citation needed]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ William M. Haynes (22 June 2016). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 97th Edition. CRC Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-4987-5429-3.