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Synthesis and testing of 17aβ-hydroxy-7α-methyl-D-homoestra-4,16-dien-3-one: a highly potent orally active androgen
Avery, Mitchell A.,Tanabe, Masato,Crowe, David F.,Detre, George,Peters, Richard H.,Chong, Wesley K. M.
, p. 59 - 64 (2007/10/02)
The title compound, 17aβ-hydroxy-7α-methyl-D-homoestra-4, 16-dien-3-one (3), was synthesized in five steps (17percent overall yield) from 7α-methylestrone methyl ether (5) and was found to possess oral androgenic activity, in excess of other known androgens, without using 17α-alkyl substitution. (Steroids 55:59-64, 1990)
