The constitution of capsaicin, the pungent principle of Capsicum. III

EK Nelson, LE Dawson

Index: Nelson; Dawson Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1923 , vol. 45, p. 2180

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Citation Number: 92

Abstract

Hydrogenated Capsaicin.-One g. of capsaicin, dissolved in absolute alcohol, when shaken in the presence of hydrogen with 0.05 g. of colloidal palladium, absorbed 2 atomic proportions of hydrogen within 10 hours. The product, recrystallized from petroleum ether, melted at 65". Its solution in chloroform did not decolorize a dilute solution of bromine in the same solvent, whereas a solution of capsaicin immediately decolorizes bromine. The ...