Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Research Article
Chemistry of Terpenoids
a a b
Nita Yadav *, Rajesh Yadav , Anju Goyal
a
*Department of Pharmacy, SRMS, College of Engg. and Tech, Bareilly, U.P, India.
b
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, B.N. College of Pharmacy, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
*Corresponding authors E-mail: raj_neetu78@rediffmail.com
CLASSIFICATION OF TERPENOIDS
Most natural terpenoids hydrocarbon have the general
formula (C5H8)n. They can be classified on the basis of
value of n or number of carbon atoms present in the Thujane Carane
structure.9-11 (Table-1)
b) Containing -6+4- membered rings
Each class can be further subdivided into subclasses
according to the number of rings present in the structure.
Acyclic Terpenoids: They contain open structure.
Monocyclic Terpenoids: They contain one ring in the
Pinane
structure.
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research
Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net 273
Copyright protected. Unauthorised republication, reproduction, distribution, dissemination and copying of this document in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Copyright pro
Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 27(2), July August 2014; Article No. 45, Pages: 272-278 ISSN 0976 044X
c) Containing -6+5-membered rings this particular time. e.g. From jasmine at sunset. There
are four methods of extractions of oils.
a) Expression method
b) Steam distillation method
c) Extraction by means of volatile solvents
Bornane (Camphane) non bornane (iso camphane) d) Adsorption in purified fats
Some bicyclic monoterpenes are Steam distillation is most widely used method. In this
method macerated plant material is steam distilled to get
essential oils into the distillate form these are extracted
by using pure organic volatile solvents. If compound
decomposes during steam distillation, it may be extracted
with ether at 50oC. After extraction solvent is removed
under reduced pressure.
Camphor -pinene
ii) Separation of Terpenoids from essential oil
Sesquiterpenoids
A number of terpenoids are present in essential oil
i) Acyclic sesquiterpenoids ii) Monocyclic obtained from the extraction. Definite physical and
sesquiterpenoids iii) Bicyclic sesquiterpenoids chemical methods can be used for the separation of
terpenoids. They are separated by fractional distillation.
The terpenoid hydrocarbons distill over first followed by
the oxygenated derivatives.
More recently different chromatographic techniques have
been used both for isolation and separation of
Farnesol Zinziberene Cadinene terpenoids.
acetates with acetic anhydride and benzoyate with Addition of nitrosyl chloride (NOCl) (Tildens reagent) and
3.5-dinitirobenzoyl chloride. epoxide formation with peracid also gives idea about
double bonds present in terpenoid molecule.
Primary alcoholic group undergo esterification more iv) Dehydrogenation: On dehydrogenation with sulphur,
readily than secondary and tertiary alcohols. selenium, polonium or palladium terpenoids converted to
aromatic compounds. Examination of these products the
Presence of >C=O group: Terpenoids containing carbonyl skelton structure and position of side chain in the original
function form crystalline addition products like oxime, terpenoids can be determined.
phenyl hydrazone and bisulphite etc.
For example -terpenol on Se-dehydrogenation yields p-
cymene.
Vii) Relation between general formula of compound and neomenthols. The much slower rate of hydrolysis of
type of compounds: Table 2 methyl podocarpate (b) compared to methyl
dehydroabietate (c) was used to reveal the greater steric
For example: limonene (mol. formula. C10H16) absorbs 2
hindrance in the former arising from interactions with the
moles of hydrogen to give tetrahydro limonene (mol.
methyl group at C-10. The ester is an axial substituent in
Formula C10H20) corresponding to the general formula.
methylpodocarpate.
CnH2n. It means limonoene has monocyclic structure.
viii) Spectroscopic studies: All the spectroscopic methods
are very helpful for the confirmation of structure of
natural terpenoids and also structure of degradation
products. The various methods for elucidating the
structure of terpenoids are;
a) UV Spectroscopy: In terpenes containing conjugated (a) (b) (c)
dienes or ,-unsaturated ketones, UV spectroscopy is
The trans A/B stereochemistry of the abietic and pimaric
very useful tool. The values of max for various types of
acids was established by examining the pK values of the
terpenoids have been calculated by applying Woodwards
carboxylic acids (d) derived by oxidative degradation.
empirical rules. There is generally good agreement
These results were then extended to the triterpenes. The
between calculation and observed values. Isolated double
results of stereochemical studies in the terpene and
bonds, ,-unsaturated esters , acids, lactones also have
steroid series provided many of the examples on which
characteristic maxima.
the theories of the conformational analysis of reactions
b) IR Spectroscopy: IR spectroscopy is useful in detecting were based.
group such as hydroxyl group (~3400cm-1) or an oxo
group (saturated 1750-1700cm-1). Isopropyl group, cis and
trans also have characteristic absorption peaks in IR
region.
c) NMR Spectroscopy: This technique is useful to detect
and identify double bonds, to determine the nature of
end group and also the number of rings present, and also (d)
to reveal the orientation of methyl group in the relative
The conformational stability of trans fused -decalones
position of double bonds.
was used to establish the B/C trans configuration in the
d) Mass Spectroscopy: It is now being widely used as a pentacyclic triterpenes and to establish the trans A/B
means of elucidating structure of terpenoids for fusion in the diterpenoids such as marrubiin (e). An
determining mol. wt., mol. formula, and nature of interesting summary of the application of these reactions
functional groups present and relative positions of double to the stereochemistry of the eudesmane group of
bonds. sesquiterpenes appeared in 1960.
ix) X-ray analysis: This is very helpful technique for
elucidating structure and stereochemistry of terpenoids.
x) Synthesis: Proposed structure is finally confirmed by
synthesis. In terpenoid chemistry, many of the synthesis
are ambiguous and in such cases analytical evidences are
used in conjunction with the synthesis.
The Determination Of Relative Stereochemistry
The problems associated with establishing the relative
stereochemistry of the terpenoids can be divided into (e)
those relating to the stereochemistry of the substituents The strategy of using cyclization reactions such as
and those associated with the stereochemistry of the ring lactonization reactions to establish the cis
junctions. Many of the classical pre-spectroscopic stereochemistry of the D/E ring junction in the pentacyclic
strategies yielded results in the 1940s and 1950s. The triterpenes, in which the facile formation of the lactone
assignment of the stereochemistry of the menthols (a) (f) could only be accommodated with cis ring junction, is
utilized the comparative rates of their esterification with an example. The elucidation of the cyclization reactions of
p-nitrobenzoyl chloride to determine the configuration of santonin to give the bridged santonic acid (g) played an
the alcohols at C-3. The two neomenthols were esterified interesting role in establishing the stereochemistry of
more slowly than either menthol or isomenthol. This was santonin. However the correct configuration at C-11 was
attributed to steric hindrance by the isopropyl group and eventually established by X-ray analyses of 2-bromo--
hence this group was placed cis to the hydroxy in the santonin and 2-bromo--santonin.20-21
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research
Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net 276
Copyright protected. Unauthorised republication, reproduction, distribution, dissemination and copying of this document in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Copyright pro
Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 27(2), July August 2014; Article No. 45, Pages: 272-278 ISSN 0976 044X
7. Hanson JR, Diterpenoids, Natural Product Reports, 26, constituents from Litsea verticillata, Planta Medica, 71,
2009, 1156-1171. 2005, 452-457.
8. http://berkeleypatientscare.com/2010/10/08/terpenes- 18. Zhang HJ, Ma CY, Hung NV, Cuong NM, Tan GT, Santarsiero
terpenoids-and-cannabis/ BD, Mesecar AD, Soejarto DD, Pezzuto JM, Fong HHS,
Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents from Miliusa
9. Maruyama M, Terahara A, Itagaki Y, Nakanishi K,
sinensis, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 49, 2006, 693-708.
Ginkgolides: Isolation and characterization of the various
groups, Tetrahedron Letters, 1967, 299-302. 19. Read J, Grubb WJ, Researches in the menthone series, Part-
III, Relative molecular configurations of the menthols and
10. Paul MD, In: Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic
nd menthylamines, J. Chem. Soc., 1934, 1779.
Approach. 2 Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium,
Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 2001. 20. Faulkner DJ, Marine Natural Products: Metabolites of
Marine Invertebrates, Nat. Prod. Rep., 17, 2000, 1.
11. Sun HD, Huang SX, Han QB, Diterpenoids from Isodon
species and their biological activities, Natural Product 21. Dale JA, Mosher HS, Mosher Analysis of Enantiomeric
Reports, 23, 2006, 673-698. Purity and Assignment of Absolute Configuratoin by NMR
spectroscopy An example of the co-occurrence of
12. Wall ME, Camptothecin and taxol: discovery to clinic,
enantiomeric labdane-type diterpenes in the leaves of
Medicinal Research Reviews, 18, 1998, 299-314.
Mimosa hostiles, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 47(3), 1999, 454-455.
13. http://www.treatingyourself.com/vbulletin/showthread.ph
22. Dale JA, Mosher HS, Structures of novel sesquiterpenes
p?t=31074
from the pericarps of Illicium merrillianum, Chem. Pharm.
14. http://blog.stickypointmagazine.com/2008/11/03/the- Bull., 47(12), 1999, 1749-1752.
medical-mark-the-magic-of-terpenes
23. Yokoyama R, Huang JM, Hosoda A, Kino K, Yang CS,
15. WHO Monographs On Selected Medicinal Plants, a) Folium Fukuyama Y, Seco-prezizaane-type sesquiterpenes and an
Ginkgo, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999, 1, 154- abietane-type diterpene from Illicium minwanense., J. Nat.
167. b) Radix Gingseng, World Health Organization, Prod., 66(6), 2003, 799-803.
Geneva, 1, 1999, 168-182.
24. Fukuyama BY, Kubo M, Minami H, Yuasa H, Matsuo A, Fujii
16. Zhang HJ, Tan GT, Hoang VD, Hung NV, Cuong NM, Soejarto T, Morisaki M, Harada K, Rearranged vibsane-type
DD, Pezzuto JM, Fong HHS, New sesquiterpenes from Litsea diterpenes from Viburnum awabuki and photochemical
verticillata, Journal of Natural Products, 66, 2003, 609-615. reaction of vibsanin, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 53(1), 2005, 72-
80.
17. Zhang HJ, Tan GT, Hoang VD, Hung NV, Cuong NM,
Sesquiterpenes and Butenolides, Natural anti-HIV