Aspidophytine

Aspidophytine is an indole alkaloid that has attracted significant attention from synthetic chemists.^[1][2][3][4] An extract of the cockroach plant, aspidophytine is an insecticidal substance particularly effective against cockroaches. It is one of the two components of the dimer haplophytine.^[5]

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Aspidophytine

Identifiers
CAS Number	16625-21-1 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	9958575 Y
PubChem CID	11783895
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30472559
InChI InChI=1S/C22H26N2O4/c1-23-16-7-9-20-8-4-11-24-12-10-21(16,22(20,24)28-17(25)13-20)14-5-6-15(26-2)19(27-3)18(14)23/h5-7,9,16H,4,8,10-13H2,1-3H3/t16-,20-,21-,22+/m1/s1 Y Key: QESOHAISGSLAAJ-DHWLSRIRSA-N Y
SMILES O=C5O[C@@]63N2CCC[C@@]6(\C=C/[C@H]4N(c1c(ccc(OC)c1OC)[C@@]34CC2)C)C5
Properties
Chemical formula	C22H26N2O4
Molar mass	382.45 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Y verify (what is YN ?) Infobox references

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In his suicide note, Harvard doctoral student Jason Altom mentioned his stress in attempting to devise a synthetic pathway for the aspidophytine sub-unit of haplophytine as a contributing factor to his psychological breakdown.^[6]