7α-Methyl-19-norandrostenedione

7α-Methyl-19-norandrostenedione (MENT dione), or 7α-methyl-19-norandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione, also known as trestione, as well as 7α-methylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione, is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a derivative of 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone). It may act as a prohormone of trestolone (7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone; MENT). MENT dione has been sold on the Internet under the name Mentabolan as a "dietary supplement".

Applications

1. If mentabolan is oxidized with a catalytic amount of a copper halide in the presence of oxygen it gives almestrone.
2. Mentabolan is a precursor in a recent Chinese synthesis of tibolone.
3. Mentabolan was an intermediate in the original Upjohn synthesis of mibolerone.

See also

• 4-Androstenedione
• Bolandiol
• Bolandione
• Bolenol
• Dienedione
• Methoxydienone

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