Description
A hepatotoxic alkaloid, this base has been obtained from Senecio renardi and
Nardosmia laevogata. When recrystallized from EtOH it forms colourless,
irregular crystals and is slightly laevorotatory with [α]
D - 2.23° (CHCI3). It
yields a crystalline picrate, m.p. 219-220°C; bitartrate, m.p. 201°C and the
methiodide which decomposes at 194-6°C
References
Danilova, Konovalova., J. Gen. Chem., USSR, 20, 1921 (1950)
Danilova, Koretskaya, Utkin., ibid, 31, 3815 (1961)
Wunderlich., Chem. & Ind., 2089 (1962)
