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Hexestrol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

4,4′-(1,2-Diethylethylene)diphenol, meso-3,4-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexane, Dihydrodiethylstilbestrol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H22O2
CAS Number:
84-16-2
Molecular Weight:
270.37
Beilstein:
3209460
EC Number:
201-518-1
MDL number:
MFCD00068996
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329815246
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥98%

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

forensics and toxicology
pharmaceutical (small molecule)
veterinary

format

neat

SMILES string

CC[C@H]([C@H](CC)c1ccc(O)cc1)c2ccc(O)cc2

InChI

1S/C18H22O2/c1-3-17(13-5-9-15(19)10-6-13)18(4-2)14-7-11-16(20)12-8-14/h5-12,17-20H,3-4H2,1-2H3/t17-,18+

InChI key

PBBGSZCBWVPOOL-HDICACEKSA-N

Gene Information

human ... ESR1(2099)
rat ... Esr1(24890)

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General description

Hexestrol is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen, which can be used in human medicine as well as a growth promoter in cattle.

Application

Hexestrol may be used as a reference standard for the determination of the analyte in biological samples using immunoaffinity extraction and gas chromatography-negative-ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
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Biochem/physiol Actions

The carcinogen hexestrol is a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen. Metabolic activation of hexestrol to its quinone, which reacts with DNA to form analogous depurinating adducts, may be a primary critical event leading to oncogenic mutations and cancer initiation.

Linkage

Reduced analogue of diethylstilbestrol.

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Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H350

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 2

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Lot/Batch Number
MKCM4126
MKCK7639
MKCK4408
MKCH4229
MKCC7215

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Analysis of diethylstilbestrol, dienestrol and hexestrol in biological samples by immunoaffinity extraction and gas chromatography-negative-ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
Bagnati R, et al.
Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Sciences and Applications, 527, 267-278 (1990)
Muhammad Saeed et al.
Steroids, 70(1), 37-45 (2004-12-22)
The nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen hexestrol (HES), which is diethylstilbestrol hydrogenated at the C-3-C-4 double bond, is carcinogenic. Its major metabolite is the catechol, 3'-OH-HES, which can be metabolically converted to the catechol quinone, HES-3',4'-Q. Study of HES was undertaken with
Karol L Thompson et al.
International journal of toxicology, 31(1), 14-24 (2012-01-24)
Cationic amphiphilic drugs and aminoglycoside antibiotics can induce phospholipidosis (PLD), an abnormal accumulation of phospholipids in lysosome-derived vesicles, in preclinical studies. The incidence of PLD in patients and its clinical relevance are difficult to assess without noninvasive biomarkers. Di-docosahexaenoyl bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate
Weixuan Lin et al.
Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography, 27(3), 294-298 (2009-10-07)
A method of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the simultaneous determination of nine sex hormone residues, such as hexestrol, diethylstilbestrol, dienestrol, etiocholan-3alpha-ol-17-one, epitestosterone, estrone, estradiol, ethinylestradiol and estriol, in animal tissues was developed. The sex hormones were extracted with acetonitrile
Leslie C Dickson et al.
Journal of AOAC International, 86(4), 631-639 (2003-09-26)
A method was developed, using commercially available immunoaffinity chromatography cleanup cartridges, followed by detection by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, to screen for residues of the hormone growth promotants diethylstilbestrol, dienestrol, hexestrol, and zeranol in bovine urine. The single-laboratory, in-house validation included
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