Title: Agaritine
CAS Registry Number: 2757-90-6
CAS Name: L-Glutamic acid 5-[2-[4-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]hydrazide]
Additional Names: b-N-[g-L(+)-glutamyl]-4-hydroxymethylphenylhydrazine
Molecular Formula: C12H17N3O4
Molecular Weight: 267.28
Percent Composition: C 53.92%, H 6.41%, N 15.72%, O 23.94%
Literature References: Constituent of the commercial, edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Sing. [Psalliota hortensis Cooke var. bispora], Agaricaceae (Agaricales). Isoln and structure: Levenberg, Fed. Proc. 19, 6 (1960); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 83, 503 (1961); Daniels et al., ibid. 3333; see also Levenberg in Methods Enzymol. 17 (Part A), 877 (1970). Synthesis: Kelly et al., J. Org. Chem. 27, 3229 (1962); Hinman, Kelly, US 3274232; US 3288848 (both 1966 to Upjohn).
Properties: Glistening crystals from dil alcohol, dec 205-209°. [a]D25 +7° (c = 0.8). uv max (water): 237.5, 280 nm (e 12,000, 1,400). Very freely sol in water, practically insol in the usual anhydr organic solvents. pKa in water: 3.4 and 8.86.
pKa: pKa in water: 3.4 and 8.86
Optical Rotation: [a]D25 +7° (c = 0.8)
Absorption maximum: uv max (water): 237.5, 280 nm (e 12,000, 1,400) |