Momordicilin

Momordicilin
Names
IUPAC name
(4β)-23-[[(2E)-1-Hydroxy-1-methyl-2-penten-1-yl]oxy]-ursan-3-one
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C36H60O3/c1-10-11-17-36(9,38)39-23-33(6)27-15-20-35(8)28(32(27,5)19-16-29(33)37)13-12-26-30-25(3)24(2)14-18-31(30,4)21-22-34(26,35)7/h11,17,24-28,30,38H,10,12-16,18-23H2,1-9H3/b17-11+/t24-,25+,26-,27-,28-,30+,31-,32+,33-,34-,35-,36?/m1/s1
    Key: UQBFECUQCTWGFC-RQSRHSMUSA-N
  • CC/C=C/C(C)(O)OC[C@@]1([C@@H]2CC[C@@]3([C@@H]([C@]2(CCC1=O)C)CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@]5([C@H]4[C@H]([C@@H](CC5)C)C)C)C)C)C
Properties
C36H60O3
Molar mass 540.873 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Momordicilin or 24-[1′-hydroxy,1′-methyl-2′-pentenyloxyl]-ursan-3-one is a chemical compound, a triterpenoid with formula C
36H
60O
3, found in the fresh fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica charantia).

The compound is soluble in ethyl acetate and chloroform but not in petrol. It crystallizes as needles that melt at 170−171 °C. It was isolated in 1997 by S. Begum and others.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sabira Begum, Mansour Ahmed, Bina S. Siddiqui, Abdullah Khan, Zafar S. Saify, and Mohammed Arif (1997), Triterpenes, a sterol and a monocyclic alcohol from Momordica charantia. Phytochemistry, volume 44, issue 7, pages 1313-1320