Dihydrocortisone

Dihydrocortisone
Names
	IUPAC name 17α,21-Dihydroxy-5β-pregnane-3,11,20-trione
	Systematic IUPAC name (1R,3aS,3bS,5aR,9aS,9bS,11aS)-1-(Hydroxyacetyl)-9a,11a-dimethyltetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-7,10-dione
Identifiers
CAS Number	68-54-2 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
Beilstein Reference	3222844
ChEBI	CHEBI:18093 ;
ChemSpider	58997 ;
KEGG	C05469;
PubChem CID	17756741;
UNII	6F8SZ90823 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID70987415 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C21H30O5/c1-19-7-5-13(23)9-12(19)3-4-14-15-6-8-21(26,17(25)11-22)20(15,2)10-16(24)18(14)19/h12,14-15,18,22,26H,3-11H2,1-2H3/t12-,14+,15+,18-,19+,20+,21+/m1/s1 Key: YCLWEYIBFOLMEM-FNLRALKVSA-N ;
	SMILES O=C3C[C@@]1([C@@](O)(C(=O)CO)CC[C@H]1[C@@H]4CC[C@@H]2CC(=O)CC[C@]2(C)[C@@H]34)C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C21H30O5
Molar mass	362.4599
Density	1.244 g/cm3
Hazards
Flash point	296.8 °C (566.2 °F; 570.0 K)
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

5β-Dihydrocortisone is an endogenous steroid formed from cortisone by the 5β-reductase enzyme, which uses nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate as its cofactor.^[1]^[2]

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References

^ Enzyme 1.3.1.3 at KEGG Pathway Database.
^ Furuebisu M, Deguchi S, Okuda K (March 1987). "Identification of cortisone 5 beta-reductase as delta 4-3-ketosteroid 5 beta-reductase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 912 (1): 110–4. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(87)90253-6. PMID 3828348.