CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Odor | Odorless |
|---|---|
| Taste | Tasteless |
| Solubility | WHITE OR ALMOST WHITE, CRYSTALLINE POWDER; SPARINGLY SOL IN ALC; SLIGHTLY SOL IN ETHER & FIXED OILS; SOL IN ACETONE; VERY SOL IN CHLOROFORM /ACETATE/ |
| Collision Cross Section | 202.21 Ų [M+Cl]- 198.71 Ų [M+H]+ |
| Other Experimental Properties | Crystals. MW: 384.50, mp 214-216 °C. Soluble in water. /Megestrol acetate/ |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 342.5 g/mol |
|---|---|
| XLogP3 | 2.6 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 3 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 1 |
| Exact Mass | 342.21949481 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 342.21949481 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 54.4 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 25 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 717 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 6 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Megestrol is a 3-oxo Delta(4)-steroid that is pregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione substituted by a methyl group at position 6 and a hydroxy group at position 17. It has a role as a contraceptive drug, an antineoplastic agent, an appetite enhancer, a progestin and a synthetic oral contraceptive. It is a 20-oxo steroid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone.