Alkali metal 8,9-dehydroestrone sulfate esters
AssigneeAmerican Home Products Corporation
InventorsPanolil C. Raveendranath, John A. Wichtowski
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Abstract
This invention presents alkali metal salts of 8,9-dehydroestrone, its sulfate ester, and stable compositions thereof, as well as processes for their production. The sulfate ester salts are useful in estrogen replacement therapy.
Claims6
An alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone.
A process for the production of a stable composition containing an alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone-3-sulfate which comprises reacting trimethylamine-sulfurtrioxide with an alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone in a polar, aprotic solvent in the presence of a stabilizing amount of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.
A process for the production of a stable composition containing an alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone-3-sulfate which comprises reacting trimethylamine-sulfurtrioxide with an alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone in a polar, aprotic solvent, adding a stabilizing amount of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane to the reaction mixture, and recovering said stable mixture of alkali metal salt of 8,9-dehydroestrone and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.
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