Methallenestril

Methallenestril

Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-(6-Methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)-2,2-dimethylpentanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	517-18-0
ATC code	G03CB03 (WHO) G03CC03
PubChem	CID: 10599
ChemSpider	10154
Synonyms	β-Ethyl-6-methoxy-α,α-dimethyl-2-naphthalenepropionic acid
Chemical data
Formula	C18H22O3
Molecular mass	286.365 g/mol
SMILES CCC(C1=CC2=C(C=C1)C=C(C=C2)OC)C(C)(C)C(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C18H22O3/c1-5-16(18(2,3)17(19)20)14-7-6-13-11-15(21-4)9-8-12(13)10-14/h6-11,16H,5H2,1-4H3,(H,19,20) Key:KHLJKRBMZVNZOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Methallenestril (INN) (brand names Cur-men, Ercostrol, Geklimon, Novestrine, Vallestril), also known as methallenoestril (BAN) and as methallenestrol, is a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen that was formerly used to treat menstrual issues but is now no longer marketed. It is a seco-analogue of bisdehydrodoisynolic acid, and although methallenestril is potently estrogenic in rats, in humans it is only weakly so in comparison. Vallestril was a brand of methallenestril issued by G. D. Searle & Company in the 1950s.

See also

• Fenestrel
• Carbestrol
• Doisynoestrol
• Chlorotrianisene
• Triphenylethylene
• Diethylstilbestrol
• Stilbestrol
• Ethamoxytriphetol