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Androsterone

VETRANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

3α-Hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one, 5α-Androstan-3α-ol-17-one

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H30O2
CAS Number:
53-41-8
Molecular Weight:
290.44
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329753830
MDL number:
MFCD00003618
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2217626
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Segment

100

product line

VETRANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

drug control

regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

181-184 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

SMILES string

[H][C@@]12CC[C@@]3([H])[C@]4([H])CCC(=O)[C@@]4(C)CC[C@]3([H])[C@@]1(C)CC[C@@H](O)C2

InChI

1S/C19H30O2/c1-18-9-7-13(20)11-12(18)3-4-14-15-5-6-17(21)19(15,2)10-8-16(14)18/h12-16,20H,3-11H2,1-2H3/t12-,13+,14-,15-,16-,18-,19-/m0/s1

InChI key

QGXBDMJGAMFCBF-HLUDHZFRSA-N

General description

Androsterone is a tetracydic compound which forms mono-esters or mono-oxime with one hydroxyl group and one keto group respectively.

Application

Androsterone has been used as working reference standard in identifying natural androgen steroids using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS–MS) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) from bovine and urine samples.
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Legal Information

VETRANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Health hazard
GHS08

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

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