Dianol

Dianol

Identifiers
IUPAC name 4-[(1E)-3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpent-1-en-1-yl]phenol
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C18H20O2
Molar mass	268.36 g·mol^−1
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CCC(\C(C)=C\C1=CC=C(O)C=C1)C1=CC=C(O)C=C1
InChI InChI=1/C18H20O2/c1-3-18(15-6-10-17(20)11-7-15)13(2)12-14-4-8-16(19)9-5-14/h4-12,18-20H,3H2,1-2H3/b13-12+ Key:LYDGPZXLJYBDEM-OUKQBFOZNA-N

Dianol is a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen that was never marketed.^[1] It is a dimer and impurity of anol, and was, along with hexestrol, responsible for erroneous findings of highly potent estrogenic activity with anol.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Anethole
• Dianethole
• Diethylstilbestrol
• Stilbestrol

References

1. Dodds, E. C. (2008). "Synthetic œstrogens in treatment". The Irish Journal of Medical Science. 25 (7): 305–314. doi:10.1007/BF02950685. ISSN 0021-1265.
2. Philipp Y. Maximov; Russell E. McDaniel; V. Craig Jordan (23 July 2013). Tamoxifen: Pioneering Medicine in Breast Cancer. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-3-0348-0664-0.
3. Vitamins and Hormones. Academic Press. 1 January 1945. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-0-08-086600-0.
4. Enrique Ravina (11 January 2011). The Evolution of Drug Discovery: From Traditional Medicines to Modern Drugs. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-3-527-32669-3.