Actinidine
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(7S)-4,7-Dimethyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[c]pyridine | |
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C10H13N | |
Molar mass | 147.221 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | < 25 °C (77 °F; 298 K) |
Boiling point | 100 to 103 °C (212 to 217 °F; 373 to 376 K) at 9 mmHg[1] |
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Actinidine is an iridoid produced in nature by a wide variety of plants and animals. It was the first cyclopentanoid monoterpene alkaloid to be discovered.[2] It is one of several compounds that may be extracted from the valerian (Valeriana officinalis) root[3] and silver vine (Actinidia polygama), as well as several types of insects in the larval and imaginal stages.[4] Actinidine is a cat attractant, with effects like those of nepetalactone, the active compound found in catnip.[5]
Certain species of stick insects, including Megacrania batesii and , possess a chemical defense mechanism which involves the secretion of an actinidine-containing substance from the prothoracic glands, when threatened by a predator.[6]
Biosynthesis[]
A potential biosynthesis of actinidine from L-citronellal is shown below.[7]
References[]
- ^ Sakan, Takeo; Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1959, V32, P315-16.
- ^ Tsutsui, Minoru; Tsutsui, Ethel Ashworth (1959). "Diterpenoids". Chemical Reviews. 59 (6): 1031–75. doi:10.1021/cr50030a003.
- ^ Janot MM, Guilhem J, Contz O, Venera G, Cionga E (1979). "Contribution to the study of valerian alcaloids (Valeriana officinalis, L.): actinidine and naphthyridylmethylketone, a new alkaloid (article in French)". Ann. Pharm. Fr. 37 (9–10): 413–20. PMID 547813.
- ^ Weibel DB, Oldham NJ, Feld B, Glombitza G, Dettner K, Boland W (2001). "Iridoid biosynthesis in staphylinid rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Philonthinae)". Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 31 (6–7): 583–591. doi:10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00163-6. PMID 11267897.
- ^ Lichman, Benjamin R.; Godden, Grant T.; Hamilton, John P.; Palmer, Lira; Kamileen, Mohamed O.; Zhao, Dongyan; Vaillancourt, Brieanne; Wood, Joshua C.; Sun, Miao; Kinser, Taliesin J.; Henry, Laura K. (2020-05-01). "The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip". Science Advances. 6 (20): eaba0721. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba0721. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7220310. PMID 32426505.
- ^ Wu, I‐Hsin; Liu, Hsui‐Huei; Chen, Yu‐Yen; Tsai, Cheng‐Lung; Yu, Yi‐Ching; Hsiao, Chung‐Yi; Yeh, Wen‐Bin (2020). "Life cycles, phenology and genetic structure of endangered Megacrania tsudai Shiraki (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae): Male individuals from a geographic parthenogenesis species". Entomological Science. 23 (2): 183–192. doi:10.1111/ens.12410. S2CID 216322536.
- ^ Chapter 14 - Alkaloids Derived from Terpenoids, Editors: Shinji Funayama, Geoffrey A. Cordell, Alkaloids, Academic Press, 2015, pp. 233-55
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