Patent ID: 6916921

Claim:
A steroid compound of formula X wherein in moiety XA of compound X double bonds are present in the 8 and/or 14 positions, wherein: C 3 R 3 is a) C═O b) CH—OR 3′ , wherein R 3′ is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl or —C(O)—R 3″ , bonded to the CH—O moiety via the C(O) moiety, wherein R 3″ is i) substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, ii) substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 10 fluoro alkyl, iii) unsubstituted or substituted C 6 -C 10 aryl, iv) unsubstituted or substituted C 5 -C 10 heteroaryl, v) unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyloxy or vi) unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkylamino, c) CH—SO 2 —R 3″ or C═NOR 3″ , wherein R 3″ has the same meaning as above, or d) CH—O—R 3′″ wherein R 3′″ is unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 10 alkylene and forms a cyclic ether both with the C 3 atom of the steroid skeleton and the O atom, e) a cyclic ring structure with the C 3 atom, wherein R 3 is unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 10 alkylene, or f) CH-Hal, wherein Hal is F, Cl, Br or I, and R 4 , R 4′ and R 20 , independently are hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and R 23 and R 23′ together form a) unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 7 alkylene group, or b) unsubstituted or substituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 7 alkylene group, at least one of the alkylene carbon atoms is replaced by O, N or S, and A is an unsubstituted or substituted methylene or ethylene group.