2500. Conhydrine

Nomenclature

CAS number: 495-20-5
[R-(R*,S*)]-α-Ethyl-2-piperidinemethanol; 2-(α-hydroxypropyl)piperidine.
C8H17NO; mol wt 143.23.
C 67.08%, H 11.96%, N 9.78%, O 11.17%.

Description and references

From seeds of Conium maculatum L., Umbelliferae. Isoln: Sp"ath, Adler, Monatsh. Chem. 63, 127 (1933). Stereochemistry: Hill, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 80, 1609 (1958); Sicher, Ticky, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 23, 2081 (1958).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from ether, mp 121°. bp 226°. [α]D +10°. Slightly sol in water; sol in alc, chloroform, ether.