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Clogestone

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Synonyms
  
Chlormadinol

PubChem CID
  
20055454

UNII
  
0I88K7V2TF

Molar mass
  
364.9062 g/mol

CAS Number
  
20047-75-0

ChemSpider
  
16736893

Formula
  
C21H29ClO3

Clogestone

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Clogestone (INN, BAN), also known as chlormadinol or as 3β,17α-dihydroxy-6-chloropregna-4,6-diene-20-one, is a steroidal progestin that was synthesized in 1964 and was investigated as a progestin-only contraceptive but was never marketed. A diacetate ester, clogestone acetate, also exists and similarly was never marketed.

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