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Question: How to remove capric acid (caprate) from estrenes?

Lynn - 8-11-2020 at 06:49

Hello everyone, happy to have found this forum! My name is Lynn.
I was wondering if anyone could give me ideas/suggestions on how,
in general, to remove capric acid (caprate) from estrenes?
Thanks for any help/suggestions.

Tsjerk - 8-11-2020 at 08:47

Welcome!

What do you mean with estrenes?

karlos³ - 8-11-2020 at 08:58

What are estrenes?
I assume you meant estrone?
Or some other estrogen related hormone derivative probably, right?
Remove capric acid from it? Like, deesterification?
By hydrolysing the ester with a strong base and removing the formed caprate salt of course.

I wonder what for?
Guess that you don't go by the name Lynn for all your life then?
If that is the case, I condemn amateur manipulations on the hormonal system without doctors supervision, especially that sort, and thats why I kept the answer rather general.
Because when I read about amateurs wanting to "play" around with such hormones, I think of something like this: doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301348
And I think thats very serious and dangerous and shouldn't be encouraged at all.

DraconicAcid - 8-11-2020 at 09:17

Quote: Originally posted by karlos³  

Guess that you don't go by the name Lynn for all your life then?


To be fair, I don't think many of us go by our usernames for most of our lives.

Corrosive Joeseph - 8-11-2020 at 09:51

Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  

To be fair, I don't think many of us go by our usernames for most of our lives.


I'm not so sure if you completely got what karlos³ is hinting at there.....?
;)


/CJ

Tsjerk - 8-11-2020 at 09:55

Assuming gender or responding to (assumed) female gender didn't go well here in the past.

Corrosive Joeseph - 8-11-2020 at 10:05

Quote: Originally posted by karlos³  

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301348




/CJ