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Bioactive Rearrangement Products from Aqueous Photolysis of Pharmaceutical Steroids
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Bioactive Rearrangement Products from Aqueous Photolysis of Pharmaceutical Steroids

Nicholas C Pflug, Christopher J Knutson, Dalma Martinović-Weigelt, Dale C Swenson, Kristine H Wammer, David M Cwiertny and James B Gloer
Organic letters, Vol.21(10), pp.3568-3571
05/17/2019
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00972
PMCID: PMC7059344
PMID: 31021644
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/7059344View
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Abstract

In an ongoing effort to study the environmental fate of endocrine-active steroid hormones, we report the formation of phenolic rearrangement products (3 and 4) with a novel 6,5,8,5-ring system following aqueous photolysis of dienogest (1) and methyldienolone (2). The structures were established by analysis of 2D NMR and HRMS data, and that of 3 was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. These photoproducts exhibit progestogenic and androgenic activity, albeit with less potency than their parent compounds.
Molecular Structure Pharmaceutical Preparations Photolysis Nandrolone - chemistry Nandrolone - analogs & derivatives Steroids - chemistry

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