12-08102. Pseudojervine [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 36069-05-3
(3β,23β)-17,23-Epoxy-3-(β-d-glucopyranosyloxy)veratraman-11-one.
C33H49NO8; mol wt 587.74.
C 67.44%, H 8.40%, N 2.38%, O 21.78%.

Description and references

Glucoside of jervine. Isoln from Veratrum album L., Liliaceae: Wright, Luff, J. Chem. Soc. 35, 405 (1879); Poethke, Arch. Pharm. 276, 170 (1938); from V. viride Ait., Liliaceae: Jacobs, Craig, J. Biol. Chem. 155, 565 (1944); from V. eschscholtzii Gray, Liliaceae: Klohs et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75, 2133 (1953).

Chemical structure

Properties

Lustrous leaflets. mp 300-301° (dec). [α]D25 133° (c = 0.48 in 1:3 ethanol-chloroform). Sol in chloroform, benzene; slightly sol in alcohol. Almost insol in ether.

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.