Improved synthesis of mestranol and ethinyl estradiol (EE) related degradation products as authentic references
作者:Hongqi Li、Yanxi Song、Xianfu Peng
DOI:10.1016/j.steroids.2007.12.024
日期:2008.5
Preparative chemical methods for the synthesis of 10 degradation or photodecomposition products of mestranol and ethinyl estradiol (EE) are described. The synthesized compounds are useful as reference materials and standards for pharmaceutical analysis of mestranol and EE as bulk chemical or in formulated product. New synthetic methods were presented and the known synthetic procedures were improved. Detailed structural characterization of the degradation or photodecomposition products of mestranol and EE and related compounds was reported. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Microbial Transformation of Mestranol by Cunninghamella elegans
The microbial transformation of an oral contraceptive, mestranol (1) by Cunninghamella elegans yielded two hydroxylated metabolites, 6β-hydroxymestranol (2) and 6β,12β-dihydroxymestranol (3). Metabolite 3 was found to be a new compound. These metabolites were structurally characterized on the basis of spectroscopic techniques.