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ChEBI: 21-dehydrocortisone is a C21-steroid that is cortisone in which the 21-hydroxy group has been oxidised to the corresponding aldehyde. It is a 21-oxo steroid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 20-oxo steroid, a 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid, a C21-steroid, an 11-oxo steroid, a steroid aldehyde and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It is functionally related to a progesterone. It derives from a hydride of a 5alpha-pregnane.