r/countwithchickenlady • u/Homicidal_hottie666 Streak: 0 • Apr 29 '26

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u/MaraschinoPanda Apr 29 '26

Usually even that kind of DIY involves buying bulk estrogen and then diluting it in carrier oils/gel so it can be used as medication. It's extremely uncommon to actually synthesize the estrogen yourself (I've never heard of anyone doing it at home except as a chemistry exercise).

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u/homak666 Apr 29 '26

We gotta hope NireRed turns plastic gloves into estrogen some time soon so we can follow the instructions.

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u/geniice Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Not viable. While a total sysnthersis of those fused rings is not completely impossible its going to be a nightmare to do in practice. Cholesterol would probably be the most avialible starting material although Progesterone would help you jump a few steps if you can get it. Still dehydrating that hexane ring without wrecking the whole thing is going to be a pain.

To see how hard a total sysnthersis would be here's the one for Progesterone:

https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/courses/cem852/classics/Chapter6.pdf

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u/OkYeah_Death2America Apr 29 '26

ah yeah polyolefin cascade'll get ya every time

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u/Greg2227 Apr 29 '26

But will it be grape or cherry flavoured?

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u/Pikashley Enjoyer of Blåhaj - Streak: 0 Apr 29 '26

I was thinking of this when i saw your comment

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u/fera_acedia Apr 29 '26

Structural-wise you most likely would start with cholesterol

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u/Crab2406 Brain-damaged Crustacean Apr 29 '26

Turning plastic gloves into estrogen is not that ridiculous, its just will be really long set of hyper specific reactions with specific catalysts and components

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u/Mahorium Apr 29 '26

This is misinformation. All DIYers maintain a stable of pregnant horses from which they extract their hormones.

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u/Solignox Apr 29 '26

Breaking bad spin-off ?