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tropinone

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Also known as 3-tropinone, 8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one, Tropinon, N-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one, 1alphaH,5alphaH-tropan-3-one, (1R,5S)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one, Tropinona

Tropinone is an alkaloid, famously synthesised in 1917 by Robert Robinson as a synthetic precursor to atropine, a scarce commodity during World War I. Tropinone and the alkaloids cocaine and atropine all share the same tropane core structure. Its corresponding conjugate acid at pH 7.3 major species is known as tropiniumone.

Chemical data

Formula
C8H13NO
Molecular weight
139.19 g/mol
IUPAC name
(1R,5S)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one
SMILES
CN1[C@@H]2CC[C@H]1CC(=O)C2
InChIKey
QQXLDOJGLXJCSE-KNVOCYPGSA-N
XLogP
0.3
Polar surface area
20.3 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Synthesis
  • Robinson's "double Mannich" reaction
  • Reaction mechanism
  • From cycloheptanone
  • Biochemistry method
  • Reduction of tropinone
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Tropinone is an alkaloid, famously synthesised in 1917 by Robert Robinson as a synthetic precursor to atropine, a scarce commodity during World War I. Tropinone and the alkaloids cocaine and atropine all share the same tropane core structure. Its corresponding conjugate acid at pH 7.3 major species is known as tropiniumone.

==Synthesis==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tropinone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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