Title: Arecaidine
CAS Registry Number: 499-04-7
CAS Name: 1,2,5,6-Tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid
Synonyms: 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methylnicotinic acid; arecaine; methylguvacine
Molecular Formula: C7H11NO2
Molecular Weight: 141.17
Percent Composition: C 59.56%, H 7.85%, N 9.92%, O 22.67%
Literature References: From seeds of
Areca catechu L.,
Palmaceae (betel nuts). Synthesis: Wohl, Johnson,
Ber. 40, 4712 (1907); Hess, Leibbrandt,
ibid. 51, 806 (1918); Freudenberg,
ibid. 976; Maurit, Preobrazhenskii,
Zh. Obshch. Khim. 28, 968 (1958),
C.A. 52, 17263 (1958); Merck,
DE 485139 C.A. 24, 919 (1930).
Properties: Plates from dil alc, dec 232° (after drying at 102°). pH of 0.1 molar soln 5.6. Freely soluble in water, and dilute alc; almost insol in abs alc, chloroform, ether, benzene.
Derivative Type: Hydrochloride
Molecular Formula: C7H11NO2.HCl
Molecular Weight: 177.63
Percent Composition: C 47.33%, H 6.81%, N 7.89%, O 18.01%, Cl 19.96%
Properties: mp 251°; needles, dec 263° (rapid heating). Freely sol in water.
Melting point: mp 251°
Derivative Type: Hydrobromide
Molecular Formula: C7H11NO2.HBr
Molecular Weight: 222.08
Percent Composition: C 37.86%, H 5.45%, N 6.31%, O 14.41%, Br 35.98%
Properties: Crystals from methanol, dec 249°.