Oritin
Chemical structure of oritin
Names
IUPAC name
(2S,3R)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,7,8-triol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/C15H14O5/c16-10-4-1-8(2-5-10)14-12(18)7-9-3-6-11(17)13(19)15(9)20-14/h1-6,12,14,16-19H,7H2/t12-,14+/m1/s1
    Key: CWRQBLAVCJKBEK-OCCSQVGLSA-N
  • C1[C@H]([C@@H](OC2=C1C=CC(=C2O)O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O
Properties
C15H14O5
Molar mass 274.27 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Oritin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of flavonoid. It is a component of the proteracacinidin tannins of Acacia galpinii and Acacia caffra (Senegalia caffra).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Trimeric proteracacinidins and a (6→6)-bis-leucoteracacinidin from Acacia galpinii and Acacia caffra. Linette Bennie, Johan Coetzee, Elfranco Malan, Desmond Slade, Jannie P.J. Marais and Daneel Ferreira, Phytochemistry, Volume 65, Issue 2, January 2004, Pages 215-220, doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.10.004
  2. ^ Zhang, Jie; Yang, Jun; Duan, Jicheng; Liang, Zhen; Zhang, Lihua; Huo, Yushu; Zhang, Yukui (2005). "Quantitative and qualitative analysis of flavonoids in leaves of Adinandra nitida by high performance liquid chromatography with UV and electrospry ionization tandem mass spectrometry detection". Analytica Chimica Acta. 532: 97–104. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2004.10.042.
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