| Title:  Surinamine CAS Registry Number:  537-49-5 CAS Name:  N-Methyl-L-tyrosine Additional Names:  andirine;  angeline;  geoffroyine;  ratanhine Molecular Formula:  C10H13NO3 Molecular Weight:  195.22 Percent Composition:  C 61.52%, H 6.71%, N 7.17%, O 24.59% Literature References:  Isoln from bark of Andira retusa Kunth. (Geoffroya retusa Lam.), Leguminosae: Hiller-Bombein, Arch. Pharm. 230, 513 (1892).  Prepn of inactive compd:  Kanevskaya, J. Prakt. Chem. 124, 48 (1929).  Prepn of L-form:  Kanao, J. Pharm. Soc. Jpn. 66, 4 (1946); Huguenin, Boissonnas, Helv. Chim. Acta 44, 213 (1961).  Prepn of D-form:  Izumiya, Nagamatsu, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 25, 265 (1952). Properties:  Crystals, mp 292-295°.  [a]D21 +19.6° (c = 3.8 in 10% HCl).  Almost insol in water.  Slightly sol in alcohol; sol in dil acids. Melting point:  mp 292-295° Optical Rotation:  [a]D21 +19.6° (c = 3.8 in 10% HCl)   Derivative Type:  D-Form  Properties:  Crystals, mp 273-274°.  [a]D15 -18.9° (c = 1.74 in 3N HCl). Melting point:  mp 273-274° Optical Rotation:  [a]D15 -18.9° (c = 1.74 in 3N HCl)   Derivative Type:  DL-Form  Properties:  Crystals from water.   |