Incorporation of enantiomeric [1-2H]cadaverines into the quinolizindine alkaloids (+)-sparteine and (–)-N-methylcytisine in Baptisia australis
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 7,p. 545-547
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860000545
Abstract
Comparison of the labelling patterns in (+)-sparteine (8) and (–)-N-methylcytisine (9) derived biosynthetically from (R)-[1-2H]-(6) and (S)-[1-2H]-cadaverine (7) has distinguished between two possible pathways for conversion of a tetracyclic intermediate into N-methylcytisine.Keywords
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