18 Norsteroids as selectively active estrogens

A gona-1,3,5(10)-triene compound of formula I

• in which
• R1 means a halogen atom, or R18—O—,
• R18 means a hydrogen atom or a straight-chain or branched-chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical with up to 6 carbon atoms,
• R2 means a hydrogen atom
• R19 is an R20R21N group,
• R20 and R21, independently of one another, represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C5 alkyl radical, a group C(O)R22,
• R22 can contain a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon radical with up to 12 carbon atoms, which in addition can contain up to three double bonds and/or triple bonds, a C3-C7 cycloalkyl radical, an aryl radical or a combination of these structural features, or, together with the N atom, a polymethylenimino radical with 4 to 6 C atoms or a morpholino radical;
• R3 means a group R18—O—, R19SO2—O— or —O—C(O)R22, or an —O-aryl —O-heteroaryl or —O-aralkyl radical;
• R6 is hydrogen,
• R7 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a group R18—O—, R19SO2—O— or —R22, a straight-chain or branched-chain, saturated or unsaturated, partially or completely halogenated alkyl group with up to 10 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl or aralkyl radical,
• R8 and R9 are hydrogen,
• R11 means a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a group R18—O—, R19SO2—O— or —R22, a group —X—R18, a nitrooxy group, a straight-chain or branched-chain, saturated or unsaturated, partially or completely halogenated hydrocarbon radical with up to 10 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl or aralkyl radical,
• X is an oxygen or sulfur atom,
• R11′, R14, R15, R15′ and R16 each mean a hydrogen atom, and
• R17 and R17′ mean a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom;
• a hydrogen atom and a group R19SO2—O—;
• hydrogen and a group —O—C(O)R22;
• or hydrogen and —R18—O—.