Tixocortol

Originator

Pivalone,Jouveinal,France,1978

Uses

Tixocortol is an anti-inflammatory agent. Tixocortol is used in fluorescent chemoaffinity labeling.

Definition

ChEBI: A steroid sulfide in which the sulfanyl group is at C-21 of a polyoxygenated derivative of pregn-4-ene.

Manufacturing Process

In a reactor of 50 liters, sodium S-thiopivalate is prepared from 100 g of S_x0002_thiopivalic acid (0.844 mol), 214 cc of solution of sodium methylate, 3.95 M (0.844 mol) in 25 liters of anhydrous acetone.
There are then added 285 g (0.603 mol) of dihydroxy-11β,17α-iodo-21-dioxo- 3,20-pregnene-4 and the mixture is brought up to the acetone reflux for two hours. The solvent is eliminated by distillation under vacuum until there is obtained a syrupy residue which is poured into 10 liters of iced water. The insoluble part is filtered and dried under vacuum.
The crude product is purified by recrystallization from ethanol; weight: 250 g; yield: 89.5%.

Therapeutic Function

Antiinflammatory