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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SONDHEIMER, Franz (1926 – 1981)

1926 – 1981

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1952 CE

#1155.2

The total synthesis of steroids.

WOODWARD, Robert Burns (1917 – 1979) SONDHEIMER, Franz (1926 – 1981) & et al.

Synthesis of cortisone by Woodward and colleagues. With F. D. Taub, K. Heusler, and W. M. McLamore.

1954 CE

#7085

Steroids. LIV.Synthesis of 19-Nov-17α-ethynyltestosterone and 19-Nor-17α-methyltestosterone.

DJERASSI, Carl (1923 – 2015)
DJERASSI, Carl (1923 – 2015) MIRAMONTES CARDÉNAS, Luis Ernesto (1925 – 2004)
ROSENKRANZ, George (1916 – )
ROSENKRANZ, George (1916 – ) SONDHEIMER, Franz (1926 – 1981)

Synthesis of Norethisterone (or norethindrone) (or 19-nor-17α-ethynyltestosterone), the first highly active progestin analog that was effective when taken by mouth. This molecule became part of one of the first …