3175-89-1

An aporphine alkaloid isolated from Michelia alba, M. champaca and M. compressa, this base forms colourless crystals from MeOH or EtOH. It is laevorotatory having [α]¹⁸_D - 117° (CHCI3 ). A methylenedioxy group, a non-phenolic hydroxyl group and a methylimino group are present.

Tomita, Furukawa., J. Pharm. Soc., Japan, 82, 925 (1962)
Yang et al., ibid, 82, 794, 798, 804, 811 (1962)
Yang et al., ibid, 83,216 (1963)
Absolute configuration: Kunimotoetal., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 19,1502 (1971)