12-01935. Casimiroedine [Archived]
Nomenclature
CAS number: 5853-02-1
N-d-Glucoside of N-cinnamoyl-N-methylhistamine. C21H27N3O6; mol wt 417.46.
C 60.42%, H 6.52%, N 10.07%, O 23.00%.
Description and references
From fruit, seed and bark of Casimiroa edulis Llave et Lex., Rutaceae: Power, Callan, J. Chem. Soc. 99, 1993 (1911); Aebi, Helv. Chim. Acta 39, 1495 (1956); Kincl et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1956, 4163; Djerassi et al., J. Org. Chem. 21, 1510 (1956). Structure work: Djerassi et al., Tetrahedron 2, 168a (1958); Raman et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1962, 357.
Properties
Needles from methanol, mp 226-228°. [α]D20 21.3° (c = 1.21 in 5% HCl); [α]D 33° (aq 1% HCl). uv max (ethanol): 219, 280 nm (log ε 4.26, 4.30). Freely sol in dil HCl; dissolves slowly in 2N NaOH or saturated NaHCO3; practically insol in water; sol in hot alc, in amyl alcohol, slightly in benzene, chloroform, ether.Status
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