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Q.Write the molecular formula of novestrol.

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Novestrol is another name for ethinylestradiol (17α-ethynylestradiol), a synthetic steroidal estrogen, formula C20H24O2C_{20}H_{24}O_2.

In the "chemistry in everyday life" study of medicines, sex hormones and their synthetic analogues are important estrogen/progestin drugs. Novestrol is a trade/alternative name for ethinylestradiol (17α-ethynylestradiol), a semi-synthetic, orally active estrogen obtained by introducing an ethynyl (–C≡CH) group at C-17 of estradiol; this modification lets it resist first-pass metabolism, so it is used as the estrogen in most …

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