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32809

Desogestrel

VETRANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

13-Ethyl-11-methylene-18,19-dinor-17α-4-pregnen-20-yn-17-ol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H30O
CAS Number:
54024-22-5
Molecular Weight:
310.47
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329754335
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
EC Number:
258-929-4
MDL number:
MFCD00869346

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InChI

1S/C22H30O/c1-4-21-14-15(3)20-17-9-7-6-8-16(17)10-11-18(20)19(21)12-13-22(21,23)5-2/h2,8,17-20,23H,3-4,6-7,9-14H2,1H3/t17-,18-,19-,20+,21-,22-/m0/s1

InChI key

RPLCPCMSCLEKRS-BPIQYHPVSA-N

SMILES string

CC[C@]12CC(=C)[C@H]3[C@@H](CCC4=CCCC[C@H]34)[C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(O)C#C

grade

analytical standard

product line

VETRANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

Quality Level

100

Gene Information

human ... PGR(5241)

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General description

Desogestrel is a novel progestational steroid developed for utilization in oral contraceptives.

Application

Desogestrel may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in:
  • Contraceptives and river water samples by high performance liquid chromatography/ion-trap mass spectrometry (LC-IT MS).
  • Pharmaceutical samples by LC-MS.

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Legal Information

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

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Health hazardEnvironment
GHS08,GHS09

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

Regulatory Information

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Evaluation of the sensitivity of miniaturized liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry for pharmaceutical analysis.
Kranendijk M, et al.
Journal of Separation Science, 28(14), 1796-1802 (2005)
Endocrinological studies with desogestrel.
Van der Vies J and De Visser J
Arzneimittelforschung, 33(2), 231-231 (1983)
High performance liquid chromatography/ion-trap mass spectrometry for separation and simultaneous determination of ethynylestradiol, gestodene, levonorgestrel, cyproterone acetate and desogestrel.
Matejicek D and Kuban V
Analytica Chimica Acta, 588(2), 304-315 (2007)
Gabriele S Merki-Feld et al.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 33(5), 340-346 (2013-01-09)
Migraine seems to be substantially related to hormonal changes. However, migraine, but also the use of combined oral contraceptives (COC), is associated with an increased risk for vascular events. Therefore progestagen-only contraception is an important alternative to combined preparations. Clinical
Tessa Madden et al.
Obstetrics and gynecology, 120(5), 1053-1059 (2012-10-24)
To estimate whether women who receive an immediate postabortion etonogestrel subdermal implant have higher discontinuation rates than women who undergo an interval insertion (insertion not associated with a recent pregnancy). This was a secondary analysis of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project.
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