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Brucine
Poisonous alkaloid similar to strychnine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Brucite.
Brucine is an alkaloid closely related to strychnine, most commonly found in the Strychnos nux-vomica tree. Brucine poisoning is rare, since it is usually ingested with strychnine, and strychnine is more toxic than brucine. In synthetic chemistry, it can be used as a tool for stereospecific chemical syntheses.
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IUPAC name
2,3-Dimethoxystrychnidin-10-one | |
Systematic IUPAC name
(4bR,4b1S,7aS,8aR,8a1R,12aS)-2,3-Dimethoxy-4b1,5,6,7a,8,8a,8a1,11,12a,13-decahydro-14H-12-oxa-7,14a-diaza-7,9-methanocyclohepta[cd]cyclopenta[g]fluoranthen-14-one | |
Other names
2,3-Dimethoxystrychnine 10,11-Dimethoxystrychnine | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.006.014 ![]() |
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UN number | 1570 |
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C23H26N2O4 | |
Molar mass | 394.471 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 178 °C (352 °F; 451 K) |
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H300, H330, H412 | |
P260, P264, P270, P271, P273, P284, P301+P310, P304+P340, P310, P320, P321, P330, P403+P233, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Brucine is named from the genus Brucea, named after James Bruce who brought back Brucea antidysenterica from Ethiopia.