cetadiol cetadiol cetadiol, also known as androst-5-ene-3β,16α-diol, is a drug described as a "steroid tranquilizer" which was briefly investigated as a treatment for alcoholism in the 1950s. it is an androstane steroid and analogue of 5-androstenediol (androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol) and 16α-hydroxy-dhea (androst-5-ene-3β,16α-diol-17-one), but showed no androgenic or myotrophic activity in animal bioassays. the drug was reported in 1956 and studied until 1958. cetadiolclinical dataother namesandrost-5-ene-3β,16α-diol; 3β,16α-dihydroxy-5-androsteneroutes ofadministrationoralidentifiers iupac name (3s,8s,9s,10r,13r,14s,16r)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1h-cyclopentaphenanthrene-3,16-diol cas number3642-89-5pubchem cid19274chemspider18185keggc14631chebichebi:34452comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid40957766 chemical and physical dataformulac19h30o2molar mass290.447 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles c12cc3(1c(c2)o)cc=c43(cc(c4)o)c inchi inchi=1s/c19h30o2/c1-18-7-6-16-15(17(18)10-14(21)11-18)4-3-12-9-13(20)5-8-19(12,16)2/h3,13-17,20-21h,4-11h2,1-2h3/t13-,14+,15+,16-,17-,18+,19-/m0/s1key:cvcdjrpxewjaay-uvsuztnjsa-n chemistry