8560. Skatole

Nomenclature

CAS number: 83-34-1
3-Methyl-1H-indole.
C9H9N; mol wt 131.17.
C 82.41%, H 6.92%, N 10.68%.

Description and references

Constituent of feces, beetroot, nectandra wood, and coal tar. Obtained by fusing egg albumin with KOH. Toxicity data: Bin-Ichi, Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 25, 407 (1935).

Chemical structure

Properties

White to brownish scales; fecal odor; mp 95°; bp 265-266°. Sol in hot water, alc, benzene, chloroform, ether. With potassium ferrocyanide and sulfuric acid it gives a violet color. MLD in frogs (mg/kg): 1000 s.c. (Bin-Ichi).