Kaurane
Kaurane is a parent hydride used in the IUPAC nomenclature of natural products and also, distinctly, in CAS nomenclature. It is a diterpene with a rigid four-ring structure and six chiral centres.
The stereochemistry of the six chiral centres is defined by convention: however, IUPAC and CAS use different conventional stereochemistry, which also leads to a slight difference in numbering between the two systems. IUPAC conventional kaurane has (5S,8S,9S,10S,13S,15R)-stereochemistry, and is drawn with the five-membered ring receding into the plane of the image.[1] CAS conventional kaurane has (5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,15R)-stereochemistry, and is drawn with the five-membered ring protruding from the plane of the image.[2] Carbon-19 (one of the two methyl groups attached to carbon-4) is on the same side of the molecule as the five-membered ring in both systems: hence it is receding into the plane of the image in IUPAC nomenclature and protruding from the plane of the image in CAS nomenclature.
References
- ↑ Revised Section F: Natural Products and Related Compounds (IUPAC Recommendations 1999). Pure Appl. Chem., 71 (4), 587–643. DOI: 10.1351/pac199971040587.
- ↑ 57817-89-7 – Kaur-16-en-18-oic acid, 13-[(2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-, β-D-glucopyranosyl ester, (4α)-. In Common Chemistry; Chemical Abstracts Service, <http://www.commonchemistry.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=57817-89-7>. (accessed 5 September 2009).
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