Chemistry:Actinidine

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Actinidine
Structural formula of actinidine
Space-filling
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(7S)-4,7-Dimethyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[c]pyridine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
81308
ChEBI
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KEGG
UNII
Properties
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]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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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 Megacrania tsudai, 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]

Actinidine pathway.gif

References

  1. Sakan, Takeo (1959). "On the Structure of Actinidine and Matatabilactone, the Effective Components of Actinidia polygama". Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 32 (3): 315–316. doi:10.1246/bcsj.32.315. 
  2. Tsutsui, Minoru; Tsutsui, Ethel Ashworth (1959). "Diterpenoids". Chemical Reviews 59 (6): 1031–1075. doi:10.1021/cr50030a003. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cr50030a003. 
  3. "Contribution to the study of valerian alcaloids (Valeriana officinalis L.): actinidine and naphthyridylmethylketone, a new alkaloid". Ann. Pharm. Fr. 37 (9–10): 413–20. 1979. PMID 547813. 
  4. "Iridoid biosynthesis in staphylinid rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Philonthinae)". Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31 (6–7): 583–591. 2001. doi:10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00163-6. PMID 11267897. 
  5. Lichman, Benjamin R.; Godden, Grant T.; Hamilton, John P.; Palmer, Lira; Kamileen, Mohamed O.; Zhao, Dongyan; Vaillancourt, Brieanne; Wood, Joshua C. et al. (2020-05-01). "The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip" (in en). Science Advances 6 (20): eaba0721. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba0721. ISSN 2375-2548. PMID 32426505. Bibcode2020SciA....6..721L. 
  6. 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340179816. 
  7. Funayama, Shinji; Cordell, Geoffrey A., eds (2015). "14: Alkaloids Derived from Terpenoids". Alkaloids. Academic Press. pp. 233–255.