Cavicularin

Cavicularin
Names
IUPAC name
9,10,18,19-Tetrahydro-5,8:15,17-diethenobenzo[g]naphth[1,8-bc]oxacyclotetradecin-3,12,21-triol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C28H22O4/c29-20-8-11-22-18(13-20)4-1-16-2-9-21(10-3-16)32-28-25(30)12-7-17-5-6-19-14-26(31)24(22)15-23(19)27(17)28/h2-3,7-15,29-31H,1,4-6H2 ☒N
    Key: MCFLLKAHGNIXPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C28H22O4/c29-20-8-11-22-18(13-20)4-1-16-2-9-21(10-3-16)32-28-25(30)12-7-17-5-6-19-14-26(31)24(22)15-23(19)27(17)28/h2-3,7-15,29-31H,1,4-6H2
    Key: MCFLLKAHGNIXPF-UHFFFAOYAB
  • c1cc2ccc1CCc3cc(ccc3-c4cc-5c(cc4O)CCc6c5c(c(cc6)O)O2)O
Properties
C28H22O4
Molar mass 422.480 g·mol−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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Cavicularin is a natural phenolic secondary metabolite isolated from the liverwort Cavicularia densa. This macrocycle is unusual because it was the first compound isolated from nature displaying optical activity solely due to the presence of planar chirality and axial chirality. The specific rotation for (+)-cavicularin is +168.2°.[1] It is also a very strained molecule. The para-substituted phenol ring is bent about 15° out of planarity, adopting a somewhat boat-like geometry. This type of angle strain in aromatic compounds is normally reserved for synthetic cyclophanes.

Cavicularin, three-dimensional representation

The liverwort was obtained from Mount Ishizuchi in the district of Shikoku. The material was dried for one day, ground to a powder and 5 grams were refluxed in methanol for 4 months [reference needed] to yield 2.5 mg (0.049%) of cavicularin after column chromatography and preparative TLC.

  1. ^ M. Toyota; T. Yoshida; Y. Kan; S. Takaoka; Y. Asakawa (1996). "(+)-Cavicularin: A Novel Optically Active Cyclic Bibenzyl-Dihydrophenanthrene Derivative from the Liverwort Cavicularia densa Steph". Tetrahedron Letters. 37 (27): 4745–4748. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(96)00956-2.[dead link]