Title: Pseudojervine
CAS Registry Number: 36069-05-3
CAS Name: (3b,23b)-17,23-Epoxy-3-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)veratraman-11-one
Molecular Formula: C33H49NO8
Molecular Weight: 587.74
Percent Composition: C 67.44%, H 8.40%, N 2.38%, O 21.78%
Literature 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).
Properties: Lustrous leaflets. mp 300-301° (dec). [a]D25 -133° (c = 0.48 in 1:3 ethanol-chloroform). Sol in chloroform, benzene; slightly sol in alcohol. Almost insol in ether.
Melting point: mp 300-301° (dec)
Optical Rotation: [a]D25 -133° (c = 0.48 in 1:3 ethanol-chloroform)
Status: This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update. |