Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO NOVEL PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE KNOWN USEFUL COMPOUNDS OF THE FORMULA
7,17-DI(CH3-),17-(R-O-)ANDROSTAN-3-ONE AND THE
ANDROST-4-EN-3-ONE CPP
WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND THE ACYL RADICALY OF A HYDROCARBON CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING FROM ONE THROUGH TWELVE CARBON ATOMS. IT ALSO RELATES TO NOVEL INTERMEDIATES OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF CARRYING OUT THE AFORESAID NOVEL PROCESSES. TWO ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOUNDS EMBRACED BY THE ABOVE FORMULA (DESIGNATED PROCESS A AND PROCESS B) CAN BE EMPLOYED AND ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. THE SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPOUNDS OF THE ABOVE FORMULA PRODUCES A FAVORABLE ANABOLIC EFFECT IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS DUE TO THEIR FAVORABLE ANABOLICIANDROGENIC RATIO. THESE COUMPOUNDS ARE ALSO USEFUL AS GONADATROPIN INHIBITORS.