Curassavine, an alkaloid from Heliotropium curassavicum Linn. with a C8 necic acid skeleton
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 10,p. 423-424
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000423
Abstract
Curassavine, the major alkaloid of Heliotropium curassavicum Linn. is shown to be an ester of trachelanthamidine with 3-carboxy-4-methylhexane-2,3-diol (homoviridifloric acid), the first example of a monocarboxylic necic acid with a C8 skeleton; the minor alkaloids, coromandalin and heliovicine are esters of trachelanthamidine with (+)-viridifloric and (–)-trachelanthic acids, respectively, the former providing the first example of natural occurrence of a (+)-viridiflorate.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: