The molecule is a 3-oxo steroid that is cortisone in which the double bond between positions 4 and 5 has been reduced to a single bond. It is a 3-oxo steroid, an 11-oxo steroid, a 20-oxo steroid, a 17alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 21-hydroxy steroid, a primary alpha-hydroxy ketone and a tertiary alpha-hydroxy ketone. It derives from a cortisone.
(8S,9S,10S,13S,14S,17R)-17-hydroxy-17-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,15,16-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,11-dione