Counting the truxillines—11 or more, the question is now

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Abstract

Truxillines are a group of tropane alkaloids present in coca leaves that are formed by photochemical dimerization of cinnamoylcocaine(s). Proportion of different truxilline forms present in cocaine serves as its geographical, manufacture, and storage fingerprint; thus, the quantitative determination of truxilline content represents one of the powerful methods of analysis and characterization of cocaine samples. Contrary to the statements repeatedly presented in the literature, namely, that there exist exactly 11 truxillines and that every single truxilline is diastereomer of any other, here we show that, in fact, a total of 15 truxillines exist, which can be divided in two structurally isomeric groups-five mutually diastereomeric truxillates and 10 mutually diastereomeric truxinates.Truxillines are a group of tropane alkaloids present in coca leaves. Contrary to the statements repeatedly presented in the literature, here we show that, in fact, a total of 15 truxillines exist, which can be divided in two structurally isomeric groups-five mutually diastereomeric truxillates and 10 mutually diastereomeric truxinates. image

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