Chemistry:Mibolerone

Short description: Chemical compound

Mibolerone

Clinical data
Trade names	Cheque Drops, Matenon
Other names	U-10997; CDB-904; Dimethylnandrolone; Dimethylnortestosterone; DMNT; 7α,17α-Dimethyl-19-nortestosterone; 7α,17α-Dimethylestr-4-en-17β-ol-3-one
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
Routes of administration	By mouth
Drug class	Androgen; Anabolic steroid; Progestogen
ATC code	None
Legal status
Legal status	BR: Class C5 (Anabolic steroids) CA: Schedule IV US: Schedule III
Pharmacokinetic data
Metabolism	Liver
Identifiers
IUPAC name (7R,8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-hydroxy-7,13,17-trimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
CAS Number	3704-09-4 Y
PubChem CID	251636
IUPHAR/BPS	2859
ChemSpider	220460 Y
UNII	9OGY4BOR8D
KEGG	D05025 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:34849 Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL425863 Y
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C20H30O2
Molar mass	302.458 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES C[C@@H]1CC2=CC(=O)CC[C@@H]2[C@@H]3[C@@H]1[C@@H]4CC[C@]([C@]4(CC3)C)(C)O
InChI InChI=1S/C20H30O2/c1-12-10-13-11-14(21)4-5-15(13)16-6-8-19(2)17(18(12)16)7-9-20(19,3)22/h11-12,15-18,22H,4-10H2,1-3H3/t12-,15+,16-,17+,18-,19+,20+/m1/s1 Y Key:PTQMMNYJKCSPET-OMHQDGTGSA-N Y
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Mibolerone, also known as dimethylnortestosterone (DMNT) and sold under the brand names Cheque Drops and Matenon, is a synthetic, orally active, and extremely potent anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-alkylated nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) derivative which was marketed by Upjohn for use as a veterinary drug. It was indicated specifically as an oral treatment for prevention of estrus (heat) in adult female dogs.

Pharmacology

Pharmacodynamics

Mibolerone has both higher affinity and greater selectivity for the androgen receptor (AR) than does the related potent AAS metribolone (17α-methyl-19-nor-δ^9,11-testosterone), although potent and significant progestogenic activity remains present. However, another study found that mibolerone and metribolone had similar affinity for the progesterone receptor (PR) but that mibolerone only had around half the affinity of metribolone for the AR.

Relative affinities (%) of mibolerone and related steroids

Compound	Chemical name	PR	AR	ER	GR	MR
Testosterone	T	1.0	100	<0.1	0.17	0.9
Nandrolone	19-NT	20	154	<0.1	0.5	1.6
Trenbolone	∆9,11-19-NT	74	197	<0.1	2.9	1.33
Trestolone	7α-Me-19-NT	50–75	100–125	?	<1	?
Normethandrone	17α-Me-19-NT	100	146	<0.1	1.5	0.6
Metribolone	∆9,11-17α-Me-19-NT	208	204	<0.1	26	18
Mibolerone	7α,17α-DiMe-19-NT	214	108	<0.1	1.4	2.1
Dimethyltrienolone	∆9,11-7α,17α-DiMe-19-NT	306	180	0.1	22	52
Values are percentages (%). Reference ligands (100%) were progesterone for the PR, testosterone for the AR, estradiol for the ER, DEXA for the GR, and aldosterone for the MR.

Chemistry

Mibolerone, also known as 7α,17α-dimethyl-19-nortestosterone (DMNT) or as 7α,17α-dimethylestr-4-en-17β-ol-3-one, is a synthetic estrane steroid and a 17α-alkylated derivative of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone). It is the 17α-methyl derivative of trestolone (7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone; MENT). Other related AAS include metribolone (17α-methyl-δ^9,11-19-nortestosterone) and dimethyltrienolone (7α,17α-dimethyl-δ^9,11-19-nortestosterone).

Synthesis

Nandrolone (1) appears to be used to make mibolerone. For comparison, also see bolasterone and calusterone. The first step involves extending the conjugation of the enone function by an additional double bond. Chloranil (tetrachloroquinone) is the forerunner of dichlorodicyanoquinone (DDQ), a reagent used extensively for introducing additional unsaturation in the progestin and corticoid series.

Preparation of Mibolerone: BE patent 610385; J. C. Babcock, J. A. Campbell, U.S. Patent 3,341,557 (1962, 1967 both to Upjohn).

In the case at hand, heating acetate (1) with chloranil gives the conjugated dienone (2), and reaction of that compound with methylmagnesium bromide in the presence of cuprous chloride leads to addition of the methyl group to position 7 at the end of the conjugated system (3). The stereochemistry of the product again illustrates the preference for additions from the backside. The alcohol at C17 is then oxidized to a ketone (4). Enamines are commonly used to activate adjacent functions; they are also not infrequently used, as in this case, as protecting groups. Thus, reaction of the intermediate with pyrrolidine gives dienamine (5). This transformation emphasizes the clear difference in reactivity between ketones at C7 and C17. A second methyl Grignard addition gives the corresponding 17α-methyl derivative. Hydrolysis of the enamine function then affords mibolerone (6).

The same structure of 3 and 4 also containing an 11β-fluoro group has also been described in the patent literature.

History

Mibolerone was first synthesized in 1963.

Society and culture

Generic names

Mibolerone is the generic name of the drug and its INN, USAN, and BAN. It is also known as dimethylnortestosterone (DMNT) and by its former developmental code name U-10997.

Brand names

Mibolerone has been marketed under the brand names Cheque Drops and Matenon.

External links

• Cheque Drops (mibolerone) - William Llewellyn's Anabolic.org

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