Title:  Pseudojervine 
CAS Registry Number:  36069-05-3 
CAS Name:  (3b,23b)-17,23-Epoxy-3-(b-D-glucopyranosyloxy)veratraman-11-one 
Molecular Formula:  C33H49NO8 
Molecular Weight:  587.74 
Percent Composition:  C 67.44%, H 8.40%, N 2.38%, O 21.78% 
Literature References:  Glucoside of jervine.  Isoln from Veratrum album L., Liliaceae:  Wright, Luff, J. Chem. Soc. 35, 405 (1879); Poethke, Arch. Pharm. 276, 170 (1938); from V. viride Ait., Liliaceae:  Jacobs, Craig, J. Biol. Chem. 155, 565 (1944); from V. eschscholtzii Gray, Liliaceae:  Klohs et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75, 2133 (1953). 
Properties:  Lustrous leaflets.  mp 300-301° (dec).  [a]D25 -133° (c = 0.48 in 1:3 ethanol-chloroform).  Sol in chloroform, benzene; slightly sol in alcohol.  Almost insol in ether. 
Melting point:  mp 300-301° (dec) 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D25 -133° (c = 0.48 in 1:3 ethanol-chloroform) 
  
  
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