Sparteine

Sparteine

Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
ATC code	C01BA04 (WHO)
Identifiers
IUPAC name (7α,9α)-sparteine
Synonyms	(6R,8S,10R,12S)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecane
CAS Number	90-39-1 Y
PubChem CID	644020
DrugBank	DB06727 Y
ChemSpider	559096 Y
UNII	298897D62S
KEGG	D01041 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:28827 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL44625 N
ECHA InfoCard	100.001.808
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C15H26N2
Molar mass	234.380 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
Density	1.02 g/cm3
Melting point	30 °C (86 °F)
Boiling point	325 °C (617 °F)
Solubility in water	3.04 mg/mL (20 °C)
SMILES C1CCN2C[C@@H]3C[C@H]([C@H]2C1)CN4[C@H]3CCCC4
InChI InChI=1S/C15H26N2/c1-3-7-16-11-13-9-12(14(16)5-1)10-17-8-4-2-6-15(13)17/h12-15H,1-11H2/t12-,13-,14-,15+/m0/s1 Y Key:SLRCCWJSBJZJBV-ZQDZILKHSA-N Y
NY (what is this?)

Sparteine is a class 1a antiarrhythmic agent; a sodium channel blocker. It is an alkaloid and can be extracted from scotch broom. It is the predominant alkaloid in Lupinus mutabilis, and is thought to chelate the bivalents calcium and magnesium. It is not FDA approved for human use as an antiarrhythmic agent, and it is not included in the Vaughn Williams classification of antiarrhythmic drugs.

It is also used as a chiral base in organic chemistry, and as a ligand in organic chemical synthesis.

Sparteine is a lupin alkaloid containing a tetracyclic bis-quinolizidine ring system derived from three C₅ chains of lysine, or more specifically, L-lysine. The first intermediate in the biosynthesis is cadaverine, the decarboxylation product of lysine catalyzed by the enzyme lysine decarboxylase (LDC). Three units of cadaverine are used to form the quinolizidine skeleton. The mechanism of formation has been studied enzymatically, as well as with tracer experiments, but the exact route of synthesis still remains unclear.

Tracer studies using ¹³C-¹⁵N-doubly labeled cadaverine have shown three units of cadaverine are incorporated into sparteine and two of the C-N bonds from two of the cadaverine units remain intact. The observations have also been confirmed using ²H NMR labeling experiments.

Enzymatic evidence then showed that the three molecules of cadaverine are transformed to the quinolizidine ring via enzyme bound intermediates, without the generation of any free intermediates. Originally, it was thought that conversion of cadaverine to the corresponding aldehyde, 5-aminopentanal, was catalyzed by the enzyme diamine oxidase. The aldehyde then spontaneously converts to the corresponding Schiff base, Δ¹-piperideine. Coupling of two molecules occurs between the two tautomers of Δ¹-piperideine in an aldol-type reaction. The imine is then hydrolyzed to the corresponding aldehyde/amine. The primary amine is then oxidized to an aldehyde followed by formation of the imine to yield the quinolizidine ring. The breakdown of this mechanism is shown in figure 1; however, the intermediates, as mentioned before, were not isolated.