Picrotoxin, GABAA antagonist

Key facts

CAS number

124-87-8

Purity

> 98%

Form

Solid

Source

Anamirta cocculus

Molecular weight

602.6 Da

Molecular formula

C₁₅H₁₈O₇C₁₅H₁₆O₆

PubChem identifier

31304

Nature

Native

Solubility

1 g in 5 ml boiling water (approx). 1 g in 13.5 ml 95% ethanol.

Biochemical name

Picrotoxin

Biological description

Plant alkaloid. Non-competitive GABAA antagonist. Also inhibits homomeric glycine receptor. Convulsant *in vivo*.

Canonical SMILES

CC(=C)C1C2C3C4(C(C1C(=O)O2)(CC5C4(O5)C(=O)O3)O)C.CC12C3C4C(C(C1(CC5C2(O5)C(=O)O3)O)C(=O)O4)C(C)(C)O

Isomeric SMILES

CC(=C)[C@@H]1C2[C@@H]3[C@@]4([C@](C1C(=O)O2)(CC5[C@]4(O5)C(=O)O3)O)C.C[C@@]12[C@H]3C4[C@H](C([C@@]1(C[C@@H]5[C@]2(O5)C(=O)O3)O)C(=O)O4)C(C)(C)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H18O7.C15H16O6/c1-12(2,18)6-7-10(16)20-8(6)9-13(3)14(7,19)4-5-15(13,22-5)11(17)21-9;1-5(2)7-8-11(16)19-9(7)10-13(3)14(8,18)4-6-15(13,21-6)12(17)20-10/h5-9,18-19H,4H2,1-3H3;6-10,18H,1,4H2,2-3H3/t5-,6+,7?,8?,9-,13-,14-,15+;6?,7-,8?,9?,10+,13+,14+,15-/m10/s1

InChIKey

VJKUPQSHOVKBCO-ZTYBEOBUSA-N

IUPAC name

(1R,3R,5S,8S,13R,14S)-1-hydroxy-14-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-13-methyl-4,7,10-trioxapentacyclo[6.4.1.19,12.03,5.05,13]tetradecane-6,11-dione;(1R,5S,8S,13R,14R)-1-hydroxy-13-methyl-14-prop-1-en-2-yl-4,7,10-trioxapentacyclo[6.4.1.19,12.03,5.05,13]tetradecane-6,11-dione