Title:  Quercimeritrin 
CAS Registry Number:  491-50-9 
CAS Name:  2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-7-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-3,5-dihydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one 
Additional Names:  quercetin-7-D-glucoside;  3,3¢,4¢,5,7-pentahydroxyflavone-7-D-glucoside 
Molecular Formula:  C21H20O12 
Molecular Weight:  464.38 
Percent Composition:  C 54.31%, H 4.34%, O 41.34% 
Literature References:  Found in flowers of Gossypium herbaceum L., Malvaceae:  Perkin, J. Chem. Soc. 95, 2181 (1909); from leaves of Chrysanthemum ségetum L. and C. coronarium L., Compositae:  Geissman, Steelink, J. Org. Chem. 22, 946 (1957); Anyas, Steelink, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 90, 63 (1960).  In the mother liquor from quercimeritrin the glucosides gossypitrin and isoquercitrin, q.v., are also found.  Structure:  Attree, Perkin, J. Chem. Soc. 1927, 234; Rao, Seshadri, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 9A, 365 (1939), C.A. 34, 1071 (1940); Pacheco, Grouiller, Compt. Rend. 253, 1178 (1961). 
  
Derivative Type:  Trihydrate  
Properties:  Yellow plates from aq pyridine.  The water of crystn is given up at 100°, the anhydr material is hygroscopic, mp 247-249°.  uv max (ethanol):  372, 257 nm (log e 4.33, 4.38).  Practically insol in cold water, more sol in hot water; sol in methanol.  Sol in aq alkaline solns with deep yellow color.  Is hydrolyzed by 7% H2SO4 yielding 1 mol quercetin and 1 mol D-glucose. 
Melting point:  mp 247-249° 
Absorption maximum:  uv max (ethanol):  372, 257 nm (log e 4.33, 4.38) 
  
Derivative Type:  Gossypitrin  
Molecular Formula:  C21H20O13 
Molecular Weight:  480.38 
Percent Composition:  C 52.51%, H 4.20%, O 43.30% 
Properties:  Orange-yellow needles melting at 200-202°; slightly sol in alcohol and acetic acid. 
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