Topic: Absorption spectrum of urushiol (Read 9939 times)

lmagee · « **on:** April 11, 2005, 04:20:09 PM »

I am looking for a way to visualize urushiol, does anyone know where I may be able to find an absorption spectrum for urushiol? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Garneck · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2005, 05:23:44 PM »

IUPAC name? Molecular formula?

CAS Registry No. ?

Vette Freak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2005, 10:43:11 PM »

Urushiol oil is the active compound in poison ivy.
A vague description of the structure is given here in the 6th paragraph -
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_1998/hartley.htm

savoy7 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2005, 11:42:52 PM »

Just to give a heads up, the structure of urushiol is at this site

http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?page=molecules#Urushiol
The Chemical Structure of Urushiol

look under common names on the left side.

Note: this doesn't answer Imagee's question only the 2 following it.

savoy

Garneck · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2005, 01:37:45 PM »

I doubt you will find any spectrum of it. If SDBS doesn't have it, then no-one will. They only have 5-pentadecylresorcinol IR spectrum (which is an isomer of urushiol).

md · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2006, 03:07:09 PM »

There is an old book in the Purdue University library
James B McNair, 1923, Rhus Dermatitis by the University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL 298 pp. In it he extracted sections of the fine with 90% alcohol and KOH which produced a color change viewable at 649 nm. $:-\$

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