Phenol oxidation and biosynthesis. Part XIX. On the role of quaternary metho-salts in alkaloid biosynthesis
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic
- Vol. 5 (5) , 807-808
- https://doi.org/10.1039/j39690000807
Abstract
The incorporation of tritiated (+)-tembetarine chloride (reticuline methochloride) into sinomenine (in Sinomenium acutum) and into protopine (in Dicentra spectabilis) has been determined. By comparison with (+)-reticuline, an established intermediate in the biosynthesis of sinomenine and of protopine, (+)-tembetarine is an inefficient precursor.Keywords
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