| Title:  Bufalin CAS Registry Number:  465-21-4 CAS Name:  (3b,5b)-3,14-Dihydroxybufa-20,22-dienolide Molecular Formula:  C24H34O4 Molecular Weight:  386.52 Percent Composition:  C 74.58%, H 8.87%, O 16.56% Literature References:  Cardiotonic steroid constituent of Ch'an Su (also called Senso), a galenical preparation of the dried venom of the Chinese toad, Bufo bufo gargarizans.  Isoln and characterization:  M. Kotake, K. Kuwada, Sci. Papers Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. Jpn. 36, 106 (1939), C.A. 33, 73049 (1939); K. Meyer, Helv. Chim. Acta 32, 1238 (1949).  Structure:  K. Kuwada, J. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 60, 335 (1939), C.A. 35, 511239 (1941).  Prepn from resibufogenin, q.v.:  H. Kondo, S. Ohno, US 3134772 (1964); from digitoxigenin, q.v.:  G. R. Pettit et al., US 3687944 (1972).  Total synthesis:  F. Sondheimer et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 91, 1228 (1969).  Additional syntheses:  G. R. Pettit et al., J. Org. Chem. 35, 2895 (1970); Y. Kamano, G. R. Pettit, ibid. 38, 222 (1973); E. Yoshii et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull. 25, 2249 (1977); K. Wiesner et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 66, 2632 (1983).  Pharmacology:  S. Yoshida, T. Sakai, Jpn. J. Pharmacol. 23, 859 (1973); 24, 97 (1974). Properties:  Needles from methanol/chloroform, mp 242-243°.  [a]D -20°.  uv max (ethanol):  298 nm (log e 3.77). Melting point:  mp 242-243° Optical Rotation:  [a]D -20° Absorption maximum:  uv max (ethanol):  298 nm (log e 3.77)   Derivative Type:  Sodium sulfate  Additional Names:  Sodium bufalin-3-sulfate Molecular Formula:  C24H33NaO7S Molecular Weight:  488.57 Percent Composition:  C 59.00%, H 6.81%, Na 4.71%, O 22.92%, S 6.56% Properties:  Isoln from Japanese toad Bufo vulgaris formosus:  K. Shimada et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1974, 2767.  Colorless amorphous solid, mp 165.5-166.5°.  [a]D23 -33.1° (c = 0.05 in methanol). Melting point:  mp 165.5-166.5° Optical Rotation:  [a]D23 -33.1° (c = 0.05 in methanol)   |