Principle depends on the addition of acid or base at the beginning of the water extract of tobacco
As alkaloid is available as salt of acids in plant so addition of base readily converts them into free alkaloid base.
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Conference Paper Optimization of Nicotine Extraction In Tobacco Leaf (Nicotia...
- Principle Isolation of nicotine
Nicotine is a classical alkaloid the separation of which teaches the
main principles of an alkaloid isolation. Consisting of a combination
of two tertiary amines of which the pyrrolidine is the stronger basic
one, nicotine is protonated in the plant and forms carboxylate salts such
as formate, acetate or maleate. Therefore, the fi rst and typical step is
to bring the alkaloid into a distinctively strong alkaline environment,
such as NaOH solution to cleave the organic salts and release free
nicotine into the aqueous solution. Nicotine is readily soluble in water
due to its ability to act as an acceptor for hydrogen bonds to water.
Another useful property is its volatility with water vapour. This allows
steam distillation to be used for a very selective separation of nicotine
from many other water-soluble tobacco constituents. In the distillate,
the alkaloid is protonated by addition of hydrochloric acid and the
nicotinium ions formed are precipitated by addition of sodium picrate
solution. The yellow nicotinium picrate formed is pure. To obtain the
free alkaloid base, a second alkaline cleavage as with the starting tobacco
is necessary with the nicotinium picrate. The free base is extracted from
the basic solution with diethyl ether and fi nally purifi ed by a distillation
in vacuo.
Extraction of Nicotine from Cigarettes: Procedure:
1- Weigh 10 g of cigarettes leaves in beaker.
2- Add 100ml NaOH solution and stir very well for 15 min.
3- Filter in Buchner using glass wool and press the cigarettes
very well by using other beaker.
4- Transfer the cigarettes again to beaker.
5- Add 30ml DW and stir and filter again.
6- Collect the filtrate together. (If there is any impurities re-filter).
7- Transfer the filtrate to the SF and extract by 25ml ether.
8- Repeat the extraction 3times.
9- Gather the 4 filtrates in conical flask.
10- Dry by using 1teaspoon anhydrous potassium carbonate.
11- Filter.
12- Evaporate ether on water bath. (Avoid extra heat because
nicotine is hydrolyzed by extreme heating).
13- After evaporation of ether add 4ml methanol to dissolve the
resulted oil.
14- Add 10ml saturated picric acid solution.
15- Cool in an ice bath to precipitate the nicotine di picrate
crystals.
16- Filter; allow drying and weighing the product.
principle of nicotine extraction
- The extraction depends on isolation of base by dissolving the cigarettes in NaOH. Then extract
nicotine from the filtrate by ether. After evaporation of ether you will get nicotine oil.
- This is why the produced oil is very little . To get nicotine crystals, saturated solution of
picric acid is added to form nicotine di picrate yellow crystals.
Important result : Nicotine is soluble to some types of solvents such as alcohol, chloroform, ether, petroleum ether, kerosene, and water. This is the basis for the extraction of nicotine from tobacco by using a solvent extraction method. Choice of solvent is important because each solvent has its own advantages and disadvantages, by using a combination / mixing two types of solvents and extraction time allegedly generated more nicotine yield optimal. According to Wolf (1994) which has been extracted nicotine is hygroscopic, oily liquid which is miscible (can be mixed) with water in its basic form. As a basic .
nitrogen, nicotine salt form with an acid which is usually solid and water soluble.
Nicotiana tabacum is cultivated throughout the world for preparation of cigars, cigarettes, pipe and chewing tobacco. Nicotine constitutes 2-8% of the dry weigh of the cured leaf, although a much larger range exists in some Nicotiana plants. It occurs mainly as the (S)-(-) isomer although 11 % of (R)-(+)-nicotine has been found in smoke condensate from cigarettes due to pyrrolytic racemization of the (S)-isomer. (S)-Nicotine will be referred as nicotine for further discussion
Concerning Nicotine consists of a pyridine ring, substituted at the 3-position
with an N-methyl-pyrrolidine ring. Nicotine is extracted from the Nicotiana
tabacum plant, although it is found in smaller amounts amongst other plants of
the Solanaceae family. Previous work on the coordination chemistry of nicotine
has been limited to a few studies, and only a limited number of crystal structures
of complexes have been described .
Nicotine was first isolated and purified in 1828 and given its name in honor of Jean Nicot, who was the first to import it to France in 1560 due to its medicinal properties. The structure of nicotine as we know it today was elucidated by Pinner in 1893 and it was first synthesized by Pictet and Rotschy in 1904.5 This synthesis included a thermal rearrangement and a more explicit synthesis was not performed until 1928 by Späth and Bretscheneider. [3]
[3] . Rondahl, L. 1980, Synthetic analogues of Nicotine.
Nicotine constitutes up to 90% of the alkaloids present in tobacco depending on the strain and conditions of cultivation. Other major alkaloids present in tobacco include nornicotine,anabasine, myosmine, nicotirine and anatabine making up to 8 to 12% of the total alkaloid content in tobacco products . [2]
[2]. Amstrong, D.W.; Wang, X.; Jauh-Tzou, L.; Yan-Song, L. Chirality, 1999, 11, 82-84 .
Nicotine is soluble to some types of solvents such as alcohol, chloroform, ether, petroleum ether, kerosene, and water. This is the basis for the extraction of nicotine from tobacco by using a solvent extraction method. Choice of solvent is important because each solvent has its own advantages and disadvantages, by using a combination / mixing two types of solvents and extraction time allegedly generated more nicotine yield optimal. According to Wolf (1994) which has been extracted nicotine is hygroscopic, oily liquid which is miscible (can be mixed) with water in its basic form
Tobacco species or type is the most determinant factor that affects nicotine level of tobacco. There are different tobacco species in the world which have different nicotine content. For instance, among the type of tobacco Maryland and Turkish (oriental) are low in nicotine; the flue-cured (Virginia), Burley, and Connecticut Cigar wrapper are medium; and the Pennsylvania and especially N. rustica are high in nicotine level [4]. [4].Tso T.C. 1972. Physiology and Biochemistry of tobacco plants. Plant Science Research Division U.S department of agriculture, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc. Beltsville Maryland USA .
Nicotine was first isolated and purified in 1828 and given its name in honor of Jean
Nicot, who was the first to import it to France in 1560 due to its medicinal properties. The structure of nicotine as we know it today was elucidated by Pinner in 1893 and it was first synthesized by Pictet and Rotschy in 1904. This synthesis included a thermal rearrangement and a more explicit synthesis was not performed until 1928 by Späth and Bretscheneider .
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Nicotine is an alkaloid found in nightshade family ofplants (solanaceae), mostly in tobacco, and less in tomato,potato, eggplant and green-pepper. Nicotine constitutes 0.3 to 5 % of tobacco plant by dry weight; with biosynthesis taking place in the root
and accumulating in the leaves.
The molecular structureof nicotine is presented in It would noting that the systematic name (IUPAC) of nicotine is(s)-3-(1-Methyle-2-pyrrolidinyl) pyridine. nicotine can exist in a diaprotonated, monoprotonated and in the free base form.
When it is protonated,nitrogen on the pyridine ring is considerably more acidic
than that on the pyrrolidine. These different types of structure affect on the nicotine extraction .
In 1983, Andrieux and coworkers synthesized to access (±) nicotine .
Nicotine , molecular formula C10H14N2, is the major pharmacologically
active component of tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, and is also found extensively in other species of the family Solanaceae, e.g. tomato, potato,aubergine and green pepper.Nicotine is a hygroscopic oily liquid,and miscible with water in its base as well as its salt form.Nicotine possesses two nitrogenous ring systems:one is pyridine, butthe other is a pyrrolidine ring system. Thus,this alkaloid can be classified eitherunder pyridine or pyrrolidine.
As studies on the affinity of nicotine and its derivatives for Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors progressed, it was generalized that the affinity of the (S) enantiomer was 10-100 times higher than that of the (R) enantiomer.
(S)-Nicotine 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl) pyridine , is a naturally
occurring alkaloid found throughout the tobacco plant, with high concentration in the leaves. Commercially available nicotine is obtained from dried leaves of the tobaccoplants Nicotiana tabacum and N. rustica which contain as much as 2-8% of (S)-nicotine.1,2 Nicotine is also found in other plants such as the total alkaloid content in tobacco products leaves. Commercially available nicotine is obtained from dried leaves of the tobacco plants Nicotiana tabacum and N. rustica which contain as much as 2-8% of (S)-nicotine.1,2 Nicotine is also found in other plants such as tomato, potato, eggplant and green pepper; however, the concentration in the vegetables is much lower than the level in tobacco. (S)-Nicotine constitutes up to 90% of the alkaloids present in tobacco depending on the strain and conditions of cultivation. Other major alkaloids present in tobacco include nornicotine, anabasine, myosmine, nicotirine and anatabine making up to 8 to 12% of the total alkaloid content in tobacco products
Nicotine was first isolated and purified in 1828 and given its name in honor of Jean Nicot, who was the first to import it to France in 1560 due to its medicinal properties. The structure of nicotine as we know it today was elucidated by Pinner in 1893 and it was first synthesized by Pictet and Rotschy in 1904. This synthesis included a thermal rearrangement and a more explicit synthesis was not performed until 1928 by Späth and Bretscheneider. The first enantioselective synthesis of nicotine using optically active starting material as a pyrrolidine source onto which was constructed the pyridine ring was accomplished in 1982 Until then, all previous syntheses of nicotine and its analogues were racemic involving construction of the pyrrolidine ring around the appropriate pyridine ring. In the last decade however, several asymmetric syntheses of nicotine and nicotine analogues of both R and S enantiomers have been reported as reviewed recently
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Isolation
- Principle
Nicotine is a classical alkaloid the separation of which teaches the
main principles of an alkaloid isolation. Consisting of a combination
of two tertiary amines of which the pyrrolidine is the stronger basic
one, nicotine is protonated in the plant and forms carboxylate salts such as formate, acetate or maleate. Therefore, the fi rst and typical step is to bring the alkaloid into a distinctively strong alkaline environment, such as NaOH solution to cleave the organic salts and release free nicotine into the aqueous solution. Nicotine is readily soluble in water due to its ability to act as an acceptor for hydrogen bonds to water.
Another useful property is its volatility with water vapour. This allows
steam distillation to be used for a very selective separation of nicotine
from many other water-soluble tobacco constituents. In the distillate,
the alkaloid is protonated by addition of hydrochloric acid and the
nicotinium ions formed are precipitated by addition of sodium picrate
solution. The yellow nicotinium picrate formed is pure. To obtain the
free alkaloid base, a second alkaline cleavage as with the starting tobacco is necessary with the nicotinium picrate. The free base is extracted from the basic solution with diethyl ether and fi nally purifi ed by a distillation in vacuo.
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