scopine Chem.
(ˈskɒpiːn)
[ad. G. scopin (J. F. Eijkman 1892, in Ber. der Deut. Chem. Ges. XXV. 3078), f. L. Scop-olia (see scopol-) + -in -ine5.]
A colourless crystalline alkaloid, C8H13NO2, formed by hydrolysis of scopolamine (a tropyl ester of scopine) and yielding scopoline on further hydrolysis.
| 1923 Chem. Abstr. XVII. 3189 According to the investigations of Gadamer & Hammer..and of Hess and Wahl..the basic component (I) of scopolamine (II) (which, following a suggestion of Eykman, is designated scopine) is yet unknown, the known scopoline (III) being formed from it by rearrangement of the α-oxide into a γ-oxide ring. 1957 K. W. Bentley Alkaloids I. i. 20 Scopine, which is optically inactive and cannot be resolved, is readily converted into oscine by acids or alkalis. 1960 A. R. Pinder in E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds IVc. xxiii. 1857 Scopolamine..is the (-)- or ({pm})-tropyl ester of scopine. |