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Fludrocortisone

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Fludrocortisone Basic information

Product Name:
Fludrocortisone
Synonyms:
  • 17,21-trihydroxy-20-dion(11beta)-pregn-4-ene-9-fluoro-11
  • 9alpha-fludrocortisone
  • 9-alpha-fluoro-17-hydroxycorticosterone
  • 9alpha-fluoro-17-hydroxycorticosterone
  • 9-alpha-fluorocortisol
  • 9alpha-fluorocortisol
  • 9-fluoro-11-beta,17,21-trihydroxy-pregn-4-ene-20-dione
  • 9-fluoro-11beta,17,21-trihydroxy-pregn-4-ene-20-dione
CAS:
127-31-1
MF:
C21H29FO5
MW:
380.45
EINECS:
204-833-2
Product Categories:
  • Isotope Labeled Compounds
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Intermediates & Fine Chemicals
  • Steroids
Mol File:
127-31-1.mol
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Fludrocortisone Chemical Properties

Melting point:
208-212°C
alpha 
D23 +139° (c = 0.55 in 95% ethanol)
Boiling point:
564.7±50.0 °C(Predicted)
Density 
1.1176 (estimate)
storage temp. 
Refrigerator
solubility 
DMSO (Slightly), Ethanol (Slightly, Heated), Methanol (Slightly, Sonicated)
form 
Solid
pka
12.11±0.70(Predicted)
color 
White to Off-White
Water Solubility 
111mg/L(25 ºC)
CAS DataBase Reference
127-31-1(CAS DataBase Reference)
EPA Substance Registry System
Hydrocortisone-9.alpha.-fluoro (127-31-1)
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Safety Information

Hazard Codes 
Xn
Risk Statements 
63
Safety Statements 
22-26-36
Hazardous Substances Data
127-31-1(Hazardous Substances Data)
Toxicity
LD50 intraperitoneal in mouse: 170mg/kg
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Fludrocortisone Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

White Solid

Originator

Alflorone Acetate,MSD,US,1954

Uses

A mineralocorticoid.

Definition

ChEBI: Fludrocortisone is a C21-steroid, a 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid, a 20-oxo steroid, a 21-hydroxy steroid, a fluorinated steroid, a mineralocorticoid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid and an 11beta-hydroxy steroid. It has a role as an adrenergic agent and an anti-inflammatory drug. It derives from a hydride of a pregnane.

Manufacturing Process

Hydrocortisone acetate is first reacted with phosphorus oxychloride in pyridine to give the corresponding olefin. Then a sequence consisting of hypobromous acid addition, ring closure to the epoxide and ring opening with hydrogen fluoride gives fludrocortisone acetate. Preparation of a crystalline product is described then in US Patent 2,957,013.

brand name

Florinef (King).

Therapeutic Function

9-Fluoro-11β,17,21-trihydroxy-pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione acetate

Clinical Use

Fludrocortisone acetate is used orally for mineralocorticoid replacement therapy in patients with adrenocortical insufficiency, such as Addison's disease. This drug, introduced in 1954, helped to provide the impetus for the synthesis and biological evaluation of newer halogenated analogues.

Synthesis

Fludrocortisone, 9|á-fluoro-11|?,17|á,21-trihydroxypregn-4-en-3,20- dione (27.2.14), is synthesized from hydrocortisone acetate (27.1.17). In the first stage of synthesis, dehydration of the hydrocortisone molecules is accomplished using phosphorous chloride in pyridine, which forms a product with a double bond at C9¨CC11 27.2.11. The resulting double bond is synthesized into an epoxide by an initial transformation to a bromohydrine using N-bromoacetamide and subsequent dehydrobromination using sodium acetate, which forms 21-O-acetoxy-9d-11|?-epoxy-17|á-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3,20-dione (27.2.12). As described above, the epoxide ring is opened by hydrofluoric acid, which results in the formation of the 21-O-acetate of fludrocortisone 27.2.13. Hydrolysis of the acetyl group of this compound using potassium acetate gives fludrocortisone (27.2.14).

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