7749. Primulaverin

Nomenclature

CAS number: 154-61-0
C20H28O13; mol wt 476.43.
C 50.42%, H 5.92%, O 43.66%.

Description and references

Isoln from species of Primulaceae: Thieme, Winkler, Pharmazie 26, 434 (1971). Synthesis: Chaudhury et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1948, 2220.

Chemical structure

Derivative

Dihydrate.

Properties

Star-shaped clusters from ethyl acetate, needles from alc, mp 163°. [α]D20 -67°. Sol in water, alc, acetone.