Product Name: Hydroxyprogesterone caproate
Appearance: white or almost white crystalline powder,odorless
Content: 99%
CAS #: 630-56-8
Molecular Formula: C27H40O4
Molecular Weight: 428.6041
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate is prepared by esterification of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone with n-hexanoic anhydride. It can be combined with estradiol valerate to make a contraceptive needle No. 1, one injection, can be contraceptive for one month.
| Prodcut Name: Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate | ||
| Standard:USP31 | ||
| items | Standard | Resutls |
| Description | White or almost white crystalline powder, odorless | Conforms |
| Solubility | insoluble in water, solube in ether, slightly soluble in benzene | Conforms |
| Specific Optical Rotation | +58°---+64° (1% chloroform Solution) | 60.3° |
| Melting Point | about 120 -124 ℃ | 123℃ |
| Water | ≤0.1% | 0.05% |
| Free N-Caproic Acid | ≤0.58% | 0.20% |
| Ordinary Impurities | ≤2.0% | conforms |
| Residual Solvents | Methanol ≤ 3000PPM | 1280PPM |
| Ethanol≤5000PPM | 1500PPM | |
| Dichloromethane ≤ 600PPM | 80PPM | |
| Assay | 97.0%--103.0% | 99.30% |
| Conclusion | Conforms to USP31 | |