Truxillic acid

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Truxillic acid
Truxillic acid.svg
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2,4-Diphenylcyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • OC(C1C(C2=CC=CC=C2)C(C(O)=O)C1C3=CC=CC=C3)=O
Properties
C18H16O4
Molar mass 296.322 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Truxillic acids are any of several crystalline stereoisomeric cyclic dicarboxylic acids with the formula (C6H5C2H2(CO2H)2. They are colorless solids. These compounds are obtained by the [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of cinnamic acid where the two trans alkenes react head-to-tail. The isolated stereoisomers are called truxillic acids.[1] The preparation of truxillic acids provided an early example of organic photochemistry.[2]

Cinnamic Acid CycloAddition

Occurrence and reactions[]

These compounds are found in a variety of plants, for example in coca.[3][4] Incarvillateine, an alkaloid from the plant Incarvillea sinensis, is a derivative of α-truxillic acid.

Upon heating, truxillic acids undergo cracking to give cinnamic acid.[5]

Isomers[]

Truxillic acid can exist in five stereoisomers.[6][7]

Truxillic and truxinic acid stereo.svg
Truxillic acid isomers
Isomer a b c d e f
α-truxillic acid
(cocaic acid[8])		 COOH H H C6H5 H COOH
γ-truxillic acid COOH H H C6H5 COOH H
ε-truxillic acid H COOH C6H5 H H COOH
peri-truxillic acid COOH H C6H5 H COOH H
epi-truxillic acid COOH H C6H5 H H COOH
Truxillic acids.svg


See also[]

  • Truxinic acids are isomers of the truxillic acids with phenyl groups on adjacent methyne centers.

References[]

  1. ^ Cohen, M. D.; Schmidt, G. M. J.; Sonntag, F. I. (1964). "Topochemistry. II. The photochemistry of trans-cinnamic acids". J. Chem. Soc.: 2000–2013. doi:10.1039/jr9640002000.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ Roth, Heinz D. (1989). "The Beginnings of Organic Photochemistry". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 28 (9): 1193–1207. doi:10.1002/anie.198911931.
  3. ^ Liebermann (1888). "Cinnamic acid polymers obtained from the minor alkaloids of cocaine" (PDF). Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 21: 3372–3376. doi:10.1002/cber.188802102223.
  4. ^ Krauze-Baranowska, Miroslawa (2002). "Truxillic and truxinic acids-occurrence in plant kingdom". Acta poliniae Pharmaceutica-Drug research. 59 (5): 403–410.
  5. ^ Hein, Sara M. (2006). "An Exploration of a Photochemical Pericyclic Reaction Using NMR Data". Journal of Chemical Education. 83: 940–942. doi:10.1021/ed083p940.
  6. ^ Stoermer (1924). "Five stereoisomers have been obtained: alfa-, gamma-, epsilon-, peri- and epi-isomers. Stereochemical configurations". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, B: Abhandlungen. 57B: 15–23.
  7. ^ Agarwai, O. P. (2011). Organic Chemistry Reactions and Reagents. Krishna Prakashan Media. ISBN 8187224657.
  8. ^ "ChemSpider ID 10218892". ChemSpider. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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