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Who was the chemist that invented that synthetic route to 11-deoxycortisol?

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Percy Lavon Julian

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In 1949, American research scientist Percy Lavon Julian revealed the synthesis of Compound S from the cheap and widely accessible pregnenolone, as part of his hunt for new ways to make cortisone (synthesized from the soybean oil sterol stigmasterol).

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