11-Methoxy-1-methyl-9,10-[methylenebis(oxy)]lycorenan-5α,7α-diol

Description

This alkaloid, which forms colourless crystals from Me2CO, occurs widely among the Amaryllidaceous species. It is dextrorotatory with [α]²⁵_D+ 234° (c 0.15, CHCI3). It contains a methylenedioxy groups, a methoxyl, two hydroxyl and a methylimino group in the molecule.

References

Briggs et al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78, 2899 (1956)
Jeffs, Hawksworth., Tetrahedron Lett., 217 (1963)