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Tropane

Tropane is a nitrogenous bicyclic organic compound. It is mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it (called tropane alkaloids), which include, among others, atropine and cocaine. Both alkaloids contain tropinone from which tropane is a derivate. Tropane alkaloids occur in plants of the families Erythroxylaceae (including coca) and Solanaceae (including Mandrake (plant)|mandrake, henbane, deadly nightshade, datura, potato, tomato) . The nitrogen bridge is between C-1 and C-5; two asymmetric carbons, but tropane is optically inactive due to intermolecular compensation. 8-Azabicyclo3.2.1octane (tropane without the 8-methyl group) is known as nortropane or nor-tropane.
Condensation piperidine and pyrrolidine produce tropane.

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