Title: Naringin
CAS Registry Number: 10236-47-2
CAS Name: 7-[[2-
O-(6-Deoxy-a-L-mannopyranosyl)-b-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-2,3-dihydro-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4
H-1-benzopyran-4-one
Synonyms: 4￠,5,7-trihydroxyflavanone 7-rhamnoglucoside; naringenin-7-rhamnoglucoside; aurantiin
Molecular Formula: C27H32O14
Molecular Weight: 580.53
Percent Composition: C 55.86%, H 5.56%, O 38.58%
Literature References: In the flowers of grapefruit trees
(Citrus paradisi Macfad,
Rutaceae), also in fruit and rind. Most abundant in immature fruit; main bitter component of grapefruit juice. Extraction from grapefruit peel: Zoller,
Ind. Eng. Chem. 10, 364 (1918); Pulley, von Loesecke,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 61, 175 (1939);
US 2421062;
US 2421063 (both 1947 to California Fruit Growers Exchange). Structure: Asahina, Inubuse,
C.A. 23, 3475 (1929);
cf. also
Ber. 61, 1514 (1928); Horowitz, Gentili,
Tetrahedron 19, 773 (1963). Solubility data: G. N. Pulley,
Ind. Eng. Chem. Anal. Ed. 8, 360 (1936).
Review: Kesterson, Hendrickson,
Naringin, A Bitter Principle of Grapefruit Bulletin no. 511 (Univ. Florida Agric. Expt. Station, Jan. 1953).
Properties: When crystallized from water, it contains 6 to 8 mols H2O. mp ~83°. After drying at 110° to constant weight, it contains 2 mols H2O, mp 171°. Bitter taste (1:10,000 H2O can be tasted). [a]D19 -82° (alcohol). One gram dissolves in 1000 ml water at 40°. At 75° one gram dissolves in 10 ml water. Sol in acetone, alcohol, warm acetic acid.
Melting point: mp ~83°; mp 171°
Optical Rotation: [a]D19 -82° (alcohol)
