8719. Sophorose

Nomenclature

CAS number: 534-46-3
2-O-β-d-Glucopyranosyl-α-d-glucose.
C12H22O11; mol wt 342.30.
C 42.11%, H 6.48%, O 51.41%.

Description and references

From pods of Sophora japonica L., Leguminosae: Rebaté, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 7, 565 (1940); Clancy, J. Chem. Soc. 1960, 4213; Clancy in Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry vol. I, R. L. Whistler, M. L. Wolfrom, Eds. (Academic Press, New York, 1962) pp 345-349. Structure and synthesis: Coxon, Fletcher, J. Org. Chem. 26, 2892 (1961); Koeppen, Carbohydr. Res. 7, 410 (1968). Crystal structure: J. Ohanessian et al., Acta Crystallogr. B34, 3666 (1978).

Chemical structure

Derivative

Monohydrate.

Properties

Needles from 80% aq methanol, mp 196-198°. [α]D18 +19° (c = 1.2 in water).

Derivative

Octa-O-acetyl-β-sophorose.
C28H38O19; mol wt 678.59.
C 49.56%, H 5.64%, O 44.80%.

Properties

Needles from ethanol, mp 193-194°. [α]D18 3.2° (c = 2.5 in chloroform).