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Poster
Synthesis and Crystallization of Rubrocurcumin and Rosocyanine
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2024)
08/2024
Abstract
The goal of this research was to improve the synthesis of two compounds, rosocyanine and rubrocurcumin, from the natural product curcumin. The structures of these compounds are shown below (curcumin, left; rosocyanine, middle; rubrocurcumin, [see image in poster.]) The next part of this project was to attempt to crystallize these compounds. Those crystals would have been used for single-crystal X-ray diffraction to view high quality structures, which have never been done before. The method of synthesis was very similar for both compounds as they entailed the heating of curcumin, boric acid, a solvent, and an acid together. The syntheses of rosocyanine and rubrocurcumin are shown in the scheme [see image in poster.] After the compounds were synthesized, crystallizations in various solvents/non-solvents were performed but none had yielded crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction. Different temperatures were also tested for crystal formation but did not yield high-quality crystals for either compound. However, some crystals were obtained but they were either clumpy or the wrong color which indicated the crystallization of the reactant, curcumin; this part of the project is still ongoing.
Details
- Title
- Synthesis and Crystallization of Rubrocurcumin and Rosocyanine
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2024)
- Contributors
- A. Timothy Royappa (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380576733506600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2024; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering ; Chemistry
- Language
- English