artemisin

{{Short description|Chemical compound}}

{{distinguish|Artemisinin}}

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| PIN = (3S,3aR,4S,5aS,9bS)-4-Hydroxy-3,5a,9-trimethyl-3a,5,5a,9b-tetrahydronaphtho[1,2-b]furan-2,8(3H,4H)-dione

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| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 481-05-0

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| ChEBI = 2852

| ChEMBL = 158124

| ChemSpiderID = 58542

| KEGG = C09344

| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}

| UNII = Y1R67R7XWU

| PubChem = 65030

| SMILES = C=1C(=O)C(C)=C2[C@@](C1)(C[C@@H]([C@H]1[C@@H](C(O[C@H]21)=O)C)O)C

| InChI = 1S/C15H18O4/c1-7-9(16)4-5-15(3)6-10(17)11-8(2)14(18)19-13(11)12(7)15/h4-5,8,10-11,13,17H,6H2,1-3H3/t8-,10-,11+,13-,15+/m0/s1

| StdInChIKey = LUHMMHZLDLBAKX-DBIGVJDZSA-N

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C = 15

| H = 18

| O = 4

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| MeltingPtC = 203

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Artemisin is a sesquiterpene lactone, similar in structure to α-santonin.{{cite journal |last1=SUMI |first1=Masao |title=The Structure of Artemisin |journal=Proceedings of the Japan Academy |date=1956 |volume=32 |issue=9 |pages=684–687 |doi=10.2183/pjab1945.32.684|doi-access=free }}{{cite book |last1=ApSimon |first1=John |title=The Total Synthesis of Natural Products |date=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780470129517 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhEDN-d1Dw8C&pg=PA324 |language=en}}