Tropane

Categories: Alkaloids | Amines

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Chemical structure of tropane

Tropane (C8H15N, 8-methyl-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane) is a nitrogenous bicyclic organic compound. It is mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it (called tropane alkaloids), which include, among others, atropine and cocaine. Tropane alkaloids occur in plants of the families Solanaceae (mandrake, henbane, deadly nightshade, Datura species) and Erythroxylaceae (coca).

8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane (tropane without the 8-methyl group) is known as nortropane or nor-tropane.

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References

  • "Atropine content of plants". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL accessed on July 25, 2005.
  • "Cocaine content of plants". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL accessed on July 25, 2005.

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