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Preferred IUPAC name 4-Oxo-4H-pyran-2,6-dicarboxylic acid | |
Other names Jerva acid; Jervaic acid; Jervasic acid; γ-Pyrone-2,6-dicarboxylic acid | |
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Chemical formula | C7H4O6 |
Molar mass | 184.103 g·mol |
Melting point | 257 °C (495 °F; 530 K) (decomposes) |
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Related compounds | Meconic acid |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references |
Chelidonic acid is a heterocyclic organic acid with a pyran skeleton.
Preparation
Chelidonic acid can be prepared in two steps from diethyl oxalate and acetone:
Uses
Chelidonic acid is used to synthesize 4-pyrone via thermal decarboxylation.
Natural occurrence
Joseph M. A. Probst (1812–1842) discovered the acid in extracts of Chelidonium majus in 1839, and it was first studied by Joseph Udo Lerch (1816–1892) in 1846. It occurs naturally in plants of the Asparagales order. Potassium chelidonate has been found to be responsible for nyctinasty in some plants; specifically, it has been found to regulate the closing of leaves of Cassia mimosoides at nightfall.
See also
References
- ^ E. Raymond Riegel and F. Zwilgmeyer (1937). "Chelidonic acid". Organic Syntheses. 17: 40; Collected Volumes, vol. 2, p. 126.
- G. Horvath; C. Russa; Z. Koentoes; J. Gerencser (1999). "A new Efficient Method for the Preparation of 2,6-Pyridinedihiethyl Ditosylates from Dimethyl 2,60-Pyridinedicarboxylates". Synth. Commun. 29 (21): 3719–3732. doi:10.1080/00397919908086011.
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- Probst (1839). "Beschreibung und Darstellungsweise einiger bei der Analyse des Chelidonium majus neu aufgefundenen Stoffe". Annalen der Pharmacie (in German). 29 (2): 113–131. doi:10.1002/jlac.18390290202. ISSN 1099-0690.
- Lerch, J. Ud. (1846). "Untersuchung der Chelidonsäure". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (in German). 57 (3): 273–318. doi:10.1002/jlac.18460570302. ISSN 1099-0690.
- Roscoe, H.E.; Schorlemmer, C. (1890). A Treatise on Chemistry, Volume 3, Part 2 (1st ed.). New York: D Appleton and Company. p. 624.
- "Asparagales". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- Ueda, Minoru; Ohnuki, Takashi; Yamamura, Shosuke (1998). "Leaf-opening substance of a nyctinastic plant, Cassia mimosoides". Phytochemistry. 49 (3): 633. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00134-4.
- Ueda, Minoru; Yamamura, Shosuke (1998). "Chemical studies on plant movement". Current Organic Chemistry. 2 (4): 437–461.