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6-Dehydrocortisol

6-Dehydrocortisol is listed in the pharmaceutical impurity collection under CAS 600-99-7. Its represented structure has formula C21H28O5 and a calculated molecular weight of 360.45 g/mol.

2D chemical structure

O H O O H O O H H H H ( R ) ( S ) ( S ) ( S ) ( S ) ( S ) ( R )

Chemical identity

Catalog name
6-Dehydrocortisol
Common name
6-Dehydrocortisol
Chemical name
(8S,9S,10R,11S,13S,14S,17R)-11,17-dihydroxy-17-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
CAS
600-99-7
SMILES
C[C@]12CCC(=O)C=C1C=C[C@@H]1[C@@H]2[C@@H](O)C[C@@]2(C)[C@H]1CC[C@]2(O)C(=O)CO
InChI
InChI=1S/C21H28O5/c1-19-7-5-13(23)9-12(19)3-4-14-15-6-8-21(26,17(25)11-22)20(15,2)10-16(24)18(14)19/h3-4,9,14-16,18,22,24,26H,5-8,10-11H2,1-2H3/t14-,15-,16-,18+,19-,20-,21-/m0/s1
InChIKey
IFOXVSBZLASBJM-VWUMJDOOSA-N

Record ID: A986caed1358c

Computed properties

C21H28O5 Molecular formula
360.45 g/molMolecular weight
360.1937 DaMonoisotopic exact mass
94.83 ŲTopological polar surface area
1.5576 Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen)
95.0484 cm³/molMolar refractivity (Wildman–Crippen)
5 countHydrogen-bond acceptors
3 countHydrogen-bond donors

Descriptors are calculated from the displayed SMILES. Calculated LogP is not a measured partition coefficient or a pH-specific LogD.

Molecular descriptor profile

Descriptor radar

Mol. weight LogP TPSA HBA HBD Rotatable 25 50 75 100

Structural feature counts

0 2 4 6 Count H-bond acceptors H-bond donors Rotatable bonds Rings Aromatic rings Stereo centers

Element composition

C H O 0 6 12 18 24 Number of atoms

Radar scale: 0–100 percentile within 25,771 distinct represented structures in this release, using the midpoint rank for ties. Larger values indicate a higher descriptor rank, not greater safety or toxicity. Element counts include hydrogen and combine isotopes under each element.

Radar values and percentile reference
DescriptorValuePercentile
Molecular weight360.4560.61
Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen)1.557634.50
Topological polar surface area94.8368.83
Hydrogen-bond acceptors565.12
Hydrogen-bond donors381.39
Rotatable bonds (strict)224.16

Complete molecular descriptors

PropertyCalculated valueUnit / type
Molecular formulaC21H28O5dimensionless
Molecular weight360.45g/mol
Monoisotopic exact mass360.1937Da
Topological polar surface area94.83Ų
Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen)1.5576dimensionless
Molar refractivity (Wildman–Crippen)95.0484cm³/mol
Hydrogen-bond acceptors5count
Hydrogen-bond donors3count
Rotatable bonds (strict)2count
Heavy atoms26count
Heteroatoms5count
Rings4count
Aromatic rings0count
Aliphatic rings4count
Saturated rings2count
Aromatic heterocycles0count
Aliphatic heterocycles0count
Saturated heterocycles0count
Aromatic carbocycles0count
Aliphatic carbocycles4count
Fraction of sp³ carbon atoms0.7143fraction
Formal charge0e
Disconnected components1count
Isotopically specified atoms0count
Potential atom stereocenters7count
Unspecified atom stereocenters0count
Spiro atoms0count
Bridgehead atoms0count
Labute approximate surface area153.3413Ų
Valence electrons142count
Radical electrons0count
Bertz complexity723.9131index
Balaban J1.7836index

Ring categories overlap and should not be summed. No toxicity result, PDE, HBEL or acceptable intake is inferred from these descriptors.

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Other catalogue designations with the same represented structure

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Identity sources and calculation method

Identifiers originate from the source catalogues and available public identity records. InChI and InChIKey on this page are generated from the displayed SMILES. RDKit validation checks the molecular representation; it does not independently verify every catalogue assignment.

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