Retroprogesterone

Retroprogesterone, also known as 9β,10α-progesterone or as 9β,10α-pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, is a progestin which was never marketed.[1][2] It is a stereoisomer of the naturally occurring progestogen progesterone, in which the hydrogen atom at the 9th carbon is in the α-position (below the plane) instead of the β-position (above the plane) and the methyl group at the 10th carbon is in the β-position instead of the α-position.[1][2] In other words, the atom positions at the two carbons have been reversed relative to progesterone, hence the name retroprogesterone. This reversal results in a "bent" configuration in which the plane of rings A and B is orientated at a 60° angle below the rings C and D.[3] This configuration is ideal for interaction with the progesterone receptor, with retroprogesterone binding with high affinity to this receptor.[4] However, the configuration is not as ideal for binding to other steroid hormone receptors, and as a result, retroprogesterone derivatives have increased selectivity for the progesterone receptor relative to progesterone.[5]

Retroprogesterone
Clinical data
Other names9β,10α-Progesterone; 9β,10α-Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
Drug classProgestin; Progestogen
ATC code
  • None
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ECHA InfoCard100.018.553
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H30O2
Molar mass314.462 g/mol g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)

Retroprogesterone is the parent compound of a group of progestins consisting of the marketed progestins dydrogesterone (6-dehydroretroprogesterone) and trengestone (1,6-didehydro-6-chlororetroprogesterone) and the never-marketed progestin Ro 6-3129, as well as the active metabolites of these progestins like 20α-dihydrodydrogesterone and 20α-dihydrotrengestone (i.e., the 20α-hydroxylated analogues).[1][2][6][7]

Chemistry
See also: List of progestogens

See also

References
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  5. Rižner TL, Brožič P, Doucette C, Turek-Etienne T, Müller-Vieira U, Sonneveld E, van der Burg B, Böcker C, Husen B (May 2011). "Selectivity and potency of the retroprogesterone dydrogesterone in vitro". Steroids. 76 (6): 607–15. doi:10.1016/j.steroids.2011.02.043. PMID 21376746.
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