| Title:  Palmatine CAS Registry Number:  3486-67-7 CAS Name:  5,6-Dihydro-2,3,9,10-tetramethoxydibenzo[a,g]quinolizinium Additional Names:  7,8,13,13a-tetradehydro-2,3,9,10-tetramethoxyberbinium;  calystigine Molecular Formula:  [C21H22NO4]+ Literature References:  Obtained only in form of its salts.  First isolated from Calumba root (Jateorhiza palmata (DC.) Miers, Menispermaceae).  Now found in many other genera.  Palmatine and tetrahydropalmatine, q.v. are probably the most widely distributed Berberis alkaloids.  Extraction procedure:  Feist, Dschu, Arch. Pharm. 263, 301 (1925).  Structure:  Feist, Sandstede, ibid. 256, 2, 5 (1918); Späth, Lang, Ber. 54, 3064, 3068 (1921); Späth, Böhm, Ber. 55, 2988 (1922); Späth, Meinhard, Ber. 75, 400 (1942).  Synthesis:  Späth, Quientensky, Ber. 58, 2267 (1925); R. D. Haworth et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1927, 548; Z. Kiparissides et al., Can. J. Chem. 58, 2770 (1980).  Identity with calystigine, alkaloid of the Chinese drug Chi-Kuo-Lan:  Huang, Chen, C.A. 52, 15827i (1958). Properties:  Palmatine forms addn products with acetone and chloroform, as does berberine.   Derivative Type:  Iodide  Molecular Formula:  (C21H22NO4)I Molecular Weight:  479.31 Percent Composition:  C 52.62%, H 4.63%, N 2.92%, O 13.35%, I 26.48% Properties:  Yellow needles from water, dec 239°; also a dihydrate. Sparingly sol in hot water and alc.   Derivative Type:  Nitrate  Molecular Formula:  (C21H22NO4)NO3 Molecular Weight:  414.41 Percent Composition:  C 60.86%, H 5.35%, N 6.76%, O 27.03% Properties:  Sesqui- or dihydrate, yellow needles, dec 239°.  Freely sol in most solvents.   Derivative Type:  Chloride trihydrate  Molecular Formula:  (C21H22NO4)Cl.3H2O Molecular Weight:  441.90 Percent Composition:  C 57.08%, H 6.39%, N 3.17%, O 25.34%, Cl 8.02% Properties:  Yellowish-green needles from water.  Freely sol in hot water and alc.   Derivative Type:  Sulfate pentahydrate  Molecular Formula:  (C21H22NO4)2SO4.5H2O Molecular Weight:  890.95 Percent Composition:  C 56.62%, H 6.11%, N 3.14%, O 30.53%, S 3.60% Properties:  Yellow needles, mp 250°.  Very sol in alc, sol in water. Melting point:  mp 250°   |